XSS in Geni Geni-Portal
CVE-2020-36653
A vulnerability was found in GENI Portal. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file portal/www/portal/error-text.php. The manipulation of the argument error leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218474 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored .
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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1822 (issue-tracking, Patch)
- github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938 (Patch, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36653?
- CVE-2020-36653 is a low-severity vulnerability in Geni Geni-Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36653?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36653 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.