CVE-2020-12261
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- Record
CVE-2020-12261- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- Record
CVE-2020-12261- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4575 No score
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4575- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2m97-wq46-x8xx No score
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- Record
GHSA-2m97-wq46-x8xx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.4
Open-AudIT 3.3.0 allows an XSS attack after login.
- Record
CVE-2020-12261- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Open-AudIT 3.3.0 - Reflective Cross-Site Scripting (Authenticated) | 2020-05-26 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12261 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Opmantek Open-audit, published April 28, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.59%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157401/Open-AudIT-3.3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
community.opmantek.com/display/OA/Release+Notes+for+Open-AudIT+v3.3.1
exploit-db.com/exploits/48516
community.opmantek.com/display/OA/Errata+-+3.3.0+XSS+in+error+templates
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12261
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m97-wq46-x8xx