Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2021
CVE-2020-17999
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in MiniCMS v1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting commands via a crafted HTTP request to the component…
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in MiniCMS v1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting commands via a crafted HTTP request to the component "/mc-admin/post-edit.php".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
Minicms · 1234n
1.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17999
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17999
Exploit
https://github.com/bg5sbk/MiniCMS/issues/27
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