Vulnerability · Published Jun 26, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-27509

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Persistent XSS in Galaxkey Secure Mail Client in Galaxkey up to 5.6.11.5 allows an attacker to perform an account takeover by intercepting the HTTP Post request when sending an email and injecting a specially crafted XSS payload in the 'subject' field. The payload executes when the recipient logs into their mailbox.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://medium.com/@tomhulme_74888/persistent-cross-site-scripting-leading-to-full-account-takeover-on-galaxkey-v5-6-11-4-8bf96be35b54
https://medium.com/%40tomhulme_74888/persistent-cross-site-scripting-leading-to-full-account-takeover-on-galaxkey-v5-6-11-4-8bf96be35b54 x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred