What is CVE-2020-36498?

CVE-2020-36498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-36498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System Project

CVE-2020-36498

Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System - 1.14f contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the account reset function, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the e-mail input field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.1% 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

Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System Project — versions 1.14f

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36498?: CVE-2020-36498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-36498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.