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CVE-2020-1696 json

A flaw was found in the all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where Token Processing Service (TPS) where it did not properly sanitize Profile IDs,…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-12554

cvss
4.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where Token Processing Service (TPS) where it did not properly sanitize Profile IDs, enabling a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability when the profile ID is printed. An attacker with sufficient permissions could trick an authenticated victim into executing a specially crafted Javascript code.

Patch / fix

  • pki-core certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-12.el7pki
  • redhat-pki-theme certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-5.el7pki
  • pki-tks certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-12.el7pki
  • pki-tps certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-12.el7pki
  • pki-ocsp certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-12.el7pki
  • redhat-pki-server-theme certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-5.el7pki
  • redhat-pki-console-theme certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-5.el7pki
  • pki-tks certificate system eus 9.4 10.5.9-15.el7pki

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0948RHSA-2021:0947

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-1696 updated cvss 4.6

pki-core: Stored XSS in TPS profile creation

  • Red Hat Certificate System 10 pki-core
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Certificate System 9.4 EUS for Red Hat Enterprise Server 7 pki-tks 10.5.9-15.el7pki, pki-tps 10.5.9-15.el7pki, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7pki, pki-ocsp 10.5.9-15.el7pki, pki-console 10.5.9-2.el7pki, redhat-pki-theme 10.5.9-5.el7pki, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0948
  • Red Hat Certificate System 9.7 for Red Hat Enterprise Server 7 pki-tks 10.5.18-12.el7pki, pki-tps 10.5.18-12.el7pki, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7pki, pki-ocsp 10.5.18-12.el7pki, redhat-pki-theme 10.5.18-5.el7pki, redhat-pki-server-theme 10.5.18-5.el7pki, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0947

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Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] pki-core

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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