CVE-2020-3997 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Horizon Server (7.x prior to 7.10.3 or 7.13.0) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to inject malicious script which will be executed.

Published: 2020-10-23

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

VMware Horizon Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Horizon Server (7.x prior to 7.10.3 or 7.13.0)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon::::::::

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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-2020-25262	VMware Horizon Server (7.x prior to 7.10.3 or 7.13.0) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to inject malicious script which will be executed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.0067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0024.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Horizon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2020-10-23T13:49:06.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.334Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-3997

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-23T14:15:12.530

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:19:24.200

Link: CVE-2020-3997

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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