CVE-2020-17551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ImpressCMS 1.4.0 is affected by XSS in modules/system/admin.php which may result in arbitrary remote code execution.

Published: 2020-10-07

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:impresscms:impresscms:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0676	ImpressCMS 1.4.0 is affected by XSS in modules/system/admin.php which may result in arbitrary remote code execution.
Github GHSA	GHSA-j29g-g982-pwpv	Cross-site scripting (XSS)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01134.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/issues/659
https://www.impresscms.org/

History

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Subscriptions

Impresscms Impresscms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-10-07T16:05:28.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:00:48.588Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17551

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-07T17:15:13.287

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:59:06.713

Link: CVE-2020-17551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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