Medium severity · published Jul 6, 2021
CVE-2020-22251
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpList 3.5.3 via the login name field in Manage Administrators when adding a new admin
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpList 3.5.3 via the login name field in Manage Administrators when adding a new admin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phplist · Phplist
through 3.5.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22251
Exploit
https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/issues/660
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