CVE-2020-36889 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-36889

Kentico Xperience <= 12.0.90 Administration Interface Stored XSS

Vulnerability Description

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Kentico Security Team

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Xperience
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 18th, 2025
Last Modified: December 30th, 2025
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)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact