What is CVE-2020-35228?

CVE-2020-35228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-35228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Netgear Gs116e

CVE-2020-35228

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administration web panel on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the language parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear Gs116e — versions v2
Netgear Gs116e_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
Netgear Jgs516pe
Netgear Jgs516pe_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35228?: CVE-2020-35228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-35228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.