CVE-2020-12261Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Open-AudIT 3.3.0 - Reflective Cross-Site Scripting (Authenticated) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48516webapps, phppublished 26 May 2020Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157401/Open-AudIT-3.3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://community.opmantek.com/display/OA/Release+Notes+for+Open-AudIT+v3.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48516 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://community.opmantek.com/display/OA/Errata+-+3.3.0+XSS+in+error+templates (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-4575 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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