CVE-2020-35720
Published: 11 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-35720 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Quest Policy Authority For Unified Communications. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.7th 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-2020-23377
Vulnerability details
Stored XSS in Quest Policy Authority 8.1.2.200 allows remote attackers to store malicious code in multiple fields (first name, last name, and logon name) when creating or modifying a user via the submitUser.jsp file. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products…
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that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- 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.