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CVE-2020-22428 json

SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.6 Hotfix 3 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via a directory name (entered by an admin) containing a…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-15189

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.6 Hotfix 3 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via a directory name (entered by an admin) containing a JavaScript payload.

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Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.