CVE-2020-5750 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient output sanitization in TCExam 14.2.2 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to conduct persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the self-registration feature.

Published: 2020-05-07

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% 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-2020-26909	Insufficient output sanitization in TCExam 14.2.2 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to conduct persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the self-registration feature.

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 0.01141.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tecnick Tcexam

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2020-05-07T16:16:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.754Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-5750

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-07T17:15:12.277

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:10.080

Link: CVE-2020-5750

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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