What is CVE-2020-28365?

CVE-2020-28365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sapplica Sentrifugo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-28365?

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

XSS in Sapplica Sentrifugo

CVE-2020-28365

Sentrifugo 3.2 allows Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability by inserting a payload within the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header during the login process. When an administrator looks at logs, the payload is executed. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-12-30 · 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: 0.007 (51.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Sapplica Sentrifugo — versions 3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/sapplica/sentrifugo/commits/master (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.wizlynxgroup.com/security-research-advisories/vuln/WLX-2020-055 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28365?: CVE-2020-28365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sapplica Sentrifugo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-28365?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.