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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-6804

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists within the gateway, allowing an attacker to craft a specialized URL which could steal the user's authentication token. When combined with CVE-2020-6803, an attacker could fully compromise the system.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-6804

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Feb 2020, 23:15 UTC

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists within the gateway, allowing an attacker to craft a specialized URL which could steal the user's authentication token. When combined with CVE-2020-6803, an attacker could fully compromise the system.

osv:CVE-2020-6804
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6804",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "A reflected XSS vulnerability exists within the gateway, allowing an attacker to craft a specialized URL which could steal the user's authentication token. When combined with CVE-2020-6803, an attacker could fully compromise the system.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-6804",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "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",
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              ],
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:37.530234723Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mozilla-iot/gateway/pull/2446"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384442,
  "published_at": "2020-02-28T23:15:11.543+00:00"
}