Cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager - CVE-2020-5340
Published: March 26, 2020 / Updated: May 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30323
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5340
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
RSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 P10 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Security Console. A malicious RSA Authentication Manager Security Console administrator with advanced privileges could exploit this vulnerability to store arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code through the Security Console web interface. When other Security Console administrators attempt to change the default security domain mapping, the injected scripts could potentially be executed in their browser.
Affected software
RSA Authentication Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5340
Install update from vendor's website.
RSA Authentication Manager - update to 8.4 Patch 10