Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-20982

Critical

Published: 03 November 2021

Published
03 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3195 96.9th percentile
Risk Priority 38 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-20982 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wdja Wdja Cms. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in shadoweb wdja v1.5.1, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain escalated privileges, via the backurl parameter to /php/passport/index.php.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

wdja
wdja cms
1.5.1

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

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

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