What is CVE-2020-24857?

CVE-2020-24857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inex Ixp Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-24857?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Inex Ixp Manager

CVE-2020-24857

Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilty found in IXPManager v.5.6.0 allows attackers to excute arbitrary code via the looking glass component.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Inex Ixp Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/releases/tag/v5.7.0 (Patch, Release Notes)
www.inex.ie/pipermail/ixpmanager-announce/2020/000016.html (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24857?: CVE-2020-24857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inex Ixp Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-24857?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.