cve-2020-24553
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-02 16:25
Modified
2024-08-04 15:12
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.18% (0.4077)
Summary
Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159049/Go-CGI-FastCGI-Transport-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/8wqlSbkLdPs
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0003/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2020-004Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159049/Go-CGI-FastCGI-Transport-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/8wqlSbkLdPs
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0003/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2020-004Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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