CVE-2020-36889

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes	Product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administration-interface-stored-xss	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

27 Dec 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~4.6~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.4

24 Dec 2025, 18:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Kentico Kentico xperience
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience::::::::
References	~~() https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes -~~	() https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes - Product
References	~~() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administration-interface-stored-xss -~~	() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administration-interface-stored-xss - Third Party Advisory

18 Dec 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-18 20:15

Updated : 2025-12-27 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2020-36889

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36889

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36889

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kentico

xperience

CWE

CWE-79

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

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