CVE-2020-13959

Description

The default error page for VelocityView in Apache Velocity Tools prior to 3.1 reflects back the vm file that was entered as part of the URL. An attacker can set an XSS payload file as this vm file in the URL which results in this payload being executed. XSS vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the attacked website and the attacked user. This can be abused to steal session cookies, perform requests in the name of the victim or for phishing attacks.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.1

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

3.207

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-13959 are fixed in Apache - velocity-tools-parent 3.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-13959 are affected in Apache - velocity-tools 2.0	Windows
A subproject of the Apache Velocity project (USN-6282-1) libvelocity-tools-java_2.0-4_all.deb	Linux
A subproject of the Apache Velocity project (USN-6282-1) libvelocity-tools-java_2.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1_all.deb	Linux
A subproject of the Apache Velocity project (USN-6282-1) libvelocity-tools-java_2.0-7_all.deb	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-13959 are fixed in Apache - velocity-tools-parent for Linux 3.1	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-13959 are affected in Apache - velocity-tools for Linux 2.0	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234