Medium severity · published Dec 15, 2020
CVE-2020-23957
Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the ConnectionID parameter, as demonstrated by a pyActivity=Data-TRACERSettings.pzStartTracerSession…
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the ConnectionID parameter, as demonstrated by a pyActivity=Data-TRACERSettings.pzStartTracerSession request to a PRAuth URI.
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)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
Pega Platform · Pega
8.4 through 8.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23957
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-23957
Exploit
https://jayaramyalla.medium.com/cross-site-scripting-in-pega-cve-2020-23957-16d1c417da5f
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