Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-26713

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 12 January 2021

Published
12 January 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 0.0040 61.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-26713 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.0% 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

Vulnerability details

REDCap 10.3.4 contains a XSS vulnerability in the ToDoList function with parameter sort. The information submitted by the user is immediately returned in the response and not escaped leading to the reflected XSS vulnerability. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to steal…

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login session information or borrow user rights to perform unauthorized acts.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

vanderbilt
redcap
10.0.20, 10.3.4

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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