What is CVE-2020-5781?

CVE-2020-5781 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ignitenet Helios Glinq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-5781?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

XSS in Ignitenet Helios Glinq

CVE-2020-5781

In IgniteNet HeliOS GLinq v2.2.1 r2961, the langSelection parameter is stored in the luci configuration file (/etc/config/luci) by the authenticator.htmlauth function. When modified with arbitrary javascript, this causes a denial-of-service condition for all other users.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Ignitenet Helios_glinq — versions 2.2.1
N/a Ignitenet Helios Glinq — versions v2.2.1 r2961

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5781?: CVE-2020-5781 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ignitenet Helios Glinq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-5781?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.