Is CVE-2020-28502 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-28502 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-28502?

CVE-2020-28502 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-28502?

CVE-2020-28502 has an EPSS score of 4.65% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28502?

Upgrade node-xmlhttprequest on debian 11 to 1.8.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-28502

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

node-xmlhttprequestDebian

Fixed in:1.8.0-1CVE-2020-28502

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit4

Other references1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.