CVE-2020-27359 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-27359

A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x...

Vulnerability Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x before 10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in the Messenger feature. It was found that the filename of the image or file attached in a message could be used to perform this XSS attack. A user could craft a message and send it to anyone on the platform including admins. The XSS payload would execute on the other account without interaction from the user on several pages.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

redcap
Vulnerable Versions:
8.11.6

Timeline

Official Publish: October 31st, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.