Medium severity · published Dec 2, 2020
CVE-2020-29456
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Papermerge before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rename, tag, upload, or create…
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Papermerge before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rename, tag, upload, or create folder function. The payload can be in a folder, a tag, or a document's filename. If email consumption is configured in Papermerge, a malicious document can be sent by email and is automatically uploaded into the Papermerge web application. Therefore, no authentication is required to exploit XSS if email consumption is configured. Otherwise authentication is required.
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 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Papermerge · Papermerge
before 1.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29456
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29456
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/228
Release Notes
https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/releases/tag/v1.5.2
Product
https://www.papermerge.com/
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