CVE-2020-19000
Published: 27 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-19000 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Simiki Project Simiki. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-0244
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Simiki v1.6.2.1 and prior allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via line 54 of the component 'simiki/blob/master/simiki/generators.py'.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.