CVE-2020-5749 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient output sanitization in TCExam 14.2.2 allows a remote, authenticated attacker to conduct persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by creating a crafted group.

Published: 2020-05-07

Score: 5.4 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

TCExam

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`14.2.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:14.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-26908	Insufficient output sanitization in TCExam 14.2.2 allows a remote, authenticated attacker to conduct persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by creating a crafted group.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00666.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-31

History

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Subscriptions

Tecnick Tcexam

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2020-05-07T16:15:02.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.748Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5749

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-07T17:15:12.230

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:09.980

Link: CVE-2020-5749

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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