Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-36124

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 07 May 2021

Published
07 May 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0056 68.7th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-36124 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Paxtechnology Paxstore. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.3% 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

Pax Technology PAXSTORE v7.0.8_20200511171508 and lower is affected by XML External Entity (XXE) injection. An authenticated attacker can compromise the private keys of a JWT token and reuse them to manipulate the access tokens to access the platform as any…

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desired user (clients and administrators).

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

paxtechnology
paxstore
≤ 7.0.8_20200511171508

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-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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