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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2020-14042 json

Codiad Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

published 2020-08-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-g2x4-256v-5pvx , EUVD-2022-3865

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

** PRODUCT NOT SUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Codiad v1.7.8 and later. The vulnerability occurs because of improper sanitization of the folder's name $path variable in components/filemanager/class.filemanager.php. NOTE: the vendor states "Codiad is no longer under active maintenance by core contributors."

Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Codiad/Codiad/issues/1122 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • advisory.checkmarx.net https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4278 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist codiad/codiad
>=1.7.8, <=2.8.4
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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