What is CVE-2020-9314?

CVE-2020-9314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Iplanet Web Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-9314?

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

XSS in Oracle Iplanet Web Server

CVE-2020-9314

** PRODUCT NOT SUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.x allows image injection in the Administration console via the productNameSrc parameter to an admingui URI. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0516. NOTE: a related support policy can be found in the www.oracle.com references attached to this CVE.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-05-10 · 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: 0.013 (69.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Iplanet Web Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.oracle.com/support/lifetime-support/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.oracle.com/us/assets/lifetime-support-middleware-069163.pdf (Vendor Advisory)
wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2020/05/10/two-vulnerabilities-in-oracles-ipla… (Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/31 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9314?: CVE-2020-9314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Iplanet Web Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-9314?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.