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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-25470

AntSword 2.1.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the View Site funtion. When viewing an added site, an XSS payload can be injected in cookies view which can lead to remote code execution.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-25470

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Oct 2020, 14:15 UTC

AntSword 2.1.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the View Site funtion. When viewing an added site, an XSS payload can be injected in cookies view which can lead to remote code execution.

osv:CVE-2020-25470
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25470",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-25470",
    "summary": "AntSword 2.1.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the View Site funtion. When viewing an added site, an XSS payload can be injected in cookies view which can lead to remote code execution.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-25470",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "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": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
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                      },
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          ],
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:53.180078940Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/AntSwordProject/antSword/issues/256"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384000,
  "published_at": "2020-10-26T14:15:13.137+00:00"
}