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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-6856 json

An XML External Entity (XEE) vulnerability exists in the JOC Cockpit component of SOS JobScheduler 1.12 and 1.13.2 allows attackers to read…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27999

cvss
6.5
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

Summary

An XML External Entity (XEE) vulnerability exists in the JOC Cockpit component of SOS JobScheduler 1.12 and 1.13.2 allows attackers to read files from the server via an entity declaration in any of the XML documents that are used to specify the run-time settings of jobs and orders.

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs

References

Sources

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