CVE-2020-21088
Published: 14 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-21088 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in X2Engine X2Crm. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-13867
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in X2engine X2CRM v7.1 and older allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by injecting arbitrary web script or HTML via the "First Name" and "Last Name" fields in "/index.php/contacts/create page"
- 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.