CVE-2020-36501
Published: 22 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-36501 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sugarcrm Sugarcrm. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.9th 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-2020-23987
Vulnerability details
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Support module of SugarCRM v6.5.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via crafted payloads entered into the primary address state or alternate address state input fields.
- 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.