What is CVE-2020-5838?

CVE-2020-5838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec It Analytics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-5838?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Symantec It Analytics

CVE-2020-5838

Symantec IT Analytics, prior to 2.9.1, may be susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit, which is a type of issue that can potentially enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.8% 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

Symantec It Analytics
It Analytics — versions Prior to 2.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5838?: CVE-2020-5838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec It Analytics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-5838?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.