Cross-site scripting in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2020-36414
Published: December 15, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84446
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36414
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in CMS Made Simple. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
CMS Made Simple
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
How to mitigate CVE-2020-36414
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
CMS Made Simple - update to 2.2.15
IBM Robotic Process Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.7.12, 23.0.12
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.12, 23.0.12
IBM Robotic Process Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.7.12, 23.0.12
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.12, 23.0.12