CVE-2020-28502 HIGH

CVE-2020-28502: Arbitrary Code Injection

Vendor N/A
Product xmlhttprequest
Published March 5, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 5, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated