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CVE-2020-24553

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.0015
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

5
golang go< 1.14.8
golang go>= 1.15.0 and < 1.15.1
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuse leapall versions
oracle communications cloud native core policyall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go stdlib fixed in 1.14.8, 1.15.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Go-CGI-FastCGI-Transport-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocwww.redteam-pentesting.de · rt-sa-2020-004www.redteam-pentesting.de
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Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 Sep 2020 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

11
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10807-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10808-1
usnUSN-4758-1
rhsaRHSA-2020:5493Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2021:0146Moderate
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/5ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/8wqlSbkLdPs
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0003/Third Party Advisory
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