Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wcms 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script and HTML via the pagename par…

published 2021-04-07 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-16874

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wcms 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script and HTML via the pagename parameter to wex/html.php.

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Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/vedees/wcms/issues/10 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /vedees/wcms/issues/10
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
github.com /secwx/research/blob/main/cve/CVE-2020-24138.md
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24138
NVD CVE-2020-24138

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