CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-20798
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in handler_server_info.c in Cherokee through 1.2.104. The requested URL is improperly displayed on the About page in the default configuration of the web server and its administrator panel. The XSS in the administrator panel can be used to reconfigure the server and execute arbitrary commands.
Affected configurations
• cherokee-project cherokee (<= 1.2.104)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09 Third Party Advisory