What is CVE-2020-36499?

CVE-2020-36499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Taotesting Tao Assessment Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-36499?

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

XSS in Taotesting Tao Assessment Platform

CVE-2020-36499

TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Taotesting Tao_assessment_platform — versions 3.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36499?: CVE-2020-36499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Taotesting Tao Assessment Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-36499?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.