CVE-2020-35853
Published: 26 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-35853 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in 4Homepages 4Images. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 43.1th 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-2020-23508
Vulnerability details
4images Image Gallery Management System 1.7.11 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Image URL. This vulnerability can result in an attacker to inject the XSS payload into the IMAGE URL. Each time a user visits that URL, the…
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XSS triggers and the attacker can be able to steal the cookie according to the crafted payload.
- 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.