CVE-2020-24553: Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header

Medium severity · published Sep 2, 2020

CVE-2020-24553

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header

6.1

CVSS

3.6%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header.

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)3.6% · higher than 90% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Communications Cloud Native Core Policy · Oracle

1.5.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

33 · source: NVD

GO · Golang

before 1.14.8; 1.15.0 before 1.15.1 · source: NVD

Leap · Opensuse

15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24553

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24553

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00000.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00002.html

Exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159049/Go-CGI-FastCGI-Transport-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Exploit

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5

groups.google.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/8wqlSbkLdPs

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/