CVE-2020-15499 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on ASUS RT-AC1900P routers before 3.0.0.4.385_20253. They allow XSS via spoofed Release Notes on the Firmware Upgrade page.

Published: 2020-08-26

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1900p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac1900p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-7492	An issue was discovered on ASUS RT-AC1900P routers before 3.0.0.4.385_20253. They allow XSS via spoofed Release Notes on the Firmware Upgrade page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00649.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=27440

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Asus Rt-ac1900p Rt-ac1900p Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-08-26T12:03:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:15:20.855Z

Reserved: 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15499

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-26T13:15:10.783

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:56:44.763

Link: CVE-2020-15499

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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