CVE-2020-23957 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the ConnectionID parameter, as demonstrated by a pyActivity=Data-TRACERSettings.pzStartTracerSession request to a PRAuth URI.

Published: 2020-12-15

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pega:pega_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-16694	Pega Platform through 8.4.x is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the ConnectionID parameter, as demonstrated by a pyActivity=Data-TRACERSettings.pzStartTracerSession request to a PRAuth URI.

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 0.00677.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jayaramyalla.medium.com/cross-site-scripting-in-pega-cve-2020-23957-16d1c417da5f

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pega Pega Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-15T20:31:17.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:05:11.132Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-23957

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-15T21:15:15.157

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:05:06.630

Link: CVE-2020-23957

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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