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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-10935

Zulip Server before 2.1.3 allows XSS via a Markdown link, with resultant account takeover.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-10935

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2020, 20:15 UTC

Zulip Server before 2.1.3 allows XSS via a Markdown link, with resultant account takeover.

osv:CVE-2020-10935
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10935",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-10935",
    "summary": "Zulip Server before 2.1.3 allows XSS via a Markdown link, with resultant account takeover.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-10935",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-10935",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-10935"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/zulip/zulip",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d22cb7d01fe43f61ad2bacd36b21c39daa46a0f7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:zulip:zulip_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.2",
            "2.1.1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.1.0-rc1",
            "shared-0.0.2",
            "shared-0.0.1",
            "2.0.0",
            "2.1-dev",
            "2.0.0-rc1",
            "1.9.0",
            "1.9.0-rc3",
            "1.9.0-rc2",
            "1.8.0",
            "1.8.0-rc1",
            "1.7.0",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.5.0",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.13",
            "1.3.11",
            "1.3.10",
            "1.3.9",
            "1.3.8",
            "1.3.7",
            "1.3.6",
            "1.3.5",
            "1.3.4",
            "1.3.3",
            "1.3.2",
            "1.3.1",
            "1.3.0",
            "enterprise-1.2.0",
            "enterprise-1.1.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-10935.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.558818437Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.zulip.org/2020/04/01/zulip-server-2-1-3-security-release/",
        "https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/zulip-account-takeover-stored-xss"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-10935",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429369,
  "published_at": "2020-04-20T20:15:11.697+00:00"
}