CVE-2020-28502
xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 17.4%
Description
This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.
How to fix CVE-2020-28502
To remediate CVE-2020-28502, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.2 or later
Is CVE-2020-28502 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 17.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.8.0-1
- from 0, < 1.7.0
- from 0, < 1.6.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |