CVE-2020-1936

Medium

Published: 02 March 2021

Published

02 March 2021

Modified

21 November 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0254 85.8th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-1936 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Apache Ambari. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 14.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

A cross-site scripting issue was found in Apache Ambari Views. This was addressed in Apache Ambari 2.7.4.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

apache

ambari

≤ 2.7.4

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.