What is CVE-2020-35272?

CVE-2020-35272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-35272?

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

Is CVE-2020-35272 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project

CVE-2020-35272

Employee Performance Evaluation System in PHP/MySQLi with Source Code 1.0 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Admin Portal in the Task and Description fields.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-01-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Employee Performance Evaluation System Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49215 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35272?: CVE-2020-35272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-35272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35272 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.