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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-18702

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Quokka v0.4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the 'Username' parameter in the component 'quokka/admin/actions.py'.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:11 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-18702

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Aug 2021, 18:15 UTC

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Quokka v0.4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the 'Username' parameter in the component 'quokka/admin/actions.py'.

osv:CVE-2020-18702
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-18702",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-18702",
    "summary": "Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Quokka v0.4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the 'Username' parameter in the component 'quokka/admin/actions.py'.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-18702",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-18702",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-18702",
        "GHSA-5m69-3chg-6f8m",
        "PYSEC-2021-143"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/quokkaproject/quokka",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "25c753f2697e6d7228249b95dff9514c135bd04d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "25c753f2697e6d7228249b95dff9514c135bd04d"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:quokka_project:quokka:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.0"
                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:56.808219502Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rochacbruno/quokka/issues/675"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-18702",
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      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381020,
  "published_at": "2021-08-16T18:15:07.137+00:00"
}