CVE-2020-8493

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

1.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 72.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2020-01-30 21:18Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-30

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:R

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

88a27dc9ed82c1d05313f32e02e62c607587acb6c37fc9ad1794cacadda6fb99

• www.nolanbkennedy.comhttp://www.nolanbkennedy.com/post/stored-xss-in-kronos-web-time-and-attendance-webtax_refsource_MISC
• www.kronos.comhttps://www.kronos.com/products/kronos-webtax_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156215/Kronos-WebTA-4.0-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC