What is CVE-2020-8496?

CVE-2020-8496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kronos Web Time And Attendance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-8496?

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

XSS in Kronos Web Time And Attendance

CVE-2020-8496

In Kronos Web Time and Attendance (webTA) 4.1.x and later 4.x versions before 5.0, there is a Stored XSS vulnerability by setting the Application Banner input field of the /ApplicationBanner page as an authenticated administrator.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Kronos Web_time_and_attendance — versions 4.1.17
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8496?: CVE-2020-8496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kronos Web Time And Attendance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-8496?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.