CVE-2020-5529

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2020-02-11 08:35Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-15 18:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-06

Assigning CNA

jpcert

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d8332c9faf61e218fc2dc71e79417d9a7d9b68fddbb78a44c6602c1ddc9ecb6b

• github.comhttps://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.37.0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• jvn.jphttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34535327/third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
• lists.apache.org[camel-commits] 20200520 [camel] branch camel-2.25.x updated: Updating htmlunit due to CVE-2020-5529https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cd7f8e61dc6b8a2d9065094cd1f46aa63ad10f237ee363e26e8563%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200815 [SECURITY] [DLA 2326-1] htmlunit security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00023.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4584-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4584-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU