CVE-2020-1949 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Scripts in Sling CMS before 0.16.0 do not property escape the Sling Selector from URLs when generating navigational elements for the administrative consoles and are vulnerable to reflected XSS attacks.

Published: 2020-04-01

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

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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Apache Sling

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Apache Sling CMS 0.14.0 and previous releases`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:sling_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-12753	Scripts in Sling CMS before 0.16.0 do not property escape the Sling Selector from URLs when generating navigational elements for the administrative consoles and are vulnerable to reflected XSS attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01965.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://s.apache.org/CVE-2020-1949

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Sling Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2020-04-01T18:25:32.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:53:59.928Z

Reserved: 2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1949

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-01T19:15:14.610

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:02:42.220

Link: CVE-2020-1949

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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