Medium
Security advisory
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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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-6804
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 31 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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