Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2020-36653GENI Portal error-text.php cross site scripting

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-severity cross-site scripting in Portal from GENI. 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 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in GENI Portal. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file portal/www/portal/error-text.php. The manipulation of the argument error leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218474 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GENI	Portal	n/a

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.218474 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218474 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1822 issue-tracking
https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938 patch