CVE-2020-25491
Published: 16 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2020-25491 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in 6Kare Emakin. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.3th 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-2020-18176
Vulnerability details
6Kare Emakin 5.0.341.0 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the /rpc/membership/setProfile DisplayName field, which is mishandled when rendering the Activity Stream 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.