01 Record
CVE-2020-27176
Mutation XSS exists in Mark Text through 0.16.2 that leads to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this might be considered a duplicate of CVE-2020-26870; however, it can also be considered an issue in the
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score8.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
02 Description
Mutation XSS exists in Mark Text through 0.16.2 that leads to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this might be considered a duplicate of CVE-2020-26870; however, it can also be considered an issue in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-16 04:28Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 93398030d91ebc242bffad7644ba67d21c2c282e2130fca5816ff5901fbce3c7
05 Affected products
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