What is CVE-2020-36644?

CVE-2020-36644 is a low-severity vulnerability in Inline Svg Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-36644?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-36644 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Inline Svg Project

CVE-2020-36644

A vulnerability has been found in jamesmartin Inline SVG up to 1.7.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file lib/inline_svg/action_view/helpers.rb of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument filename leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.7.2 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is f5363b351508486021f99e083c92068cf2943621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217597 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% 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

Inline Svg Project
Jamesmartin Inline Svg — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-36644

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/pull/117 (issue-tracking, Patch)
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/commit/f5363b351508486021f99e083c92068cf29436… (Patch, patch)
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/releases/tag/v1.7.2 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36644?: CVE-2020-36644 is a low-severity vulnerability in Inline Svg Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-36644?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36644 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.