CVE-2020-13869
Comments plugin stored Cross-site Scripting via a guest name
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.6 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
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
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.6 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
CVE-2020-13869- 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
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.6 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
CVE-2020-13869- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4374 No score
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.6 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4374- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jhhf-c849-3rh2
Comments plugin stored Cross-site Scripting via a guest name
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.5 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
GHSA-jhhf-c849-3rh2- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.6 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
CVE-2020-13869- 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
OSVGHSA-jhhf-c849-3rh2
Comments plugin stored Cross-site Scripting via a guest name
An issue was discovered in the Comments plugin before 1.5.5 for Craft CMS. There is stored XSS via a guest name.
- Record
GHSA-jhhf-c849-3rh2- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
verbb/commentsPackagist |
before 1.5.5 | 1.5.5 |
verbb/commentsPackagist |
before 1.5.5, plus listed versions 0.3.60.3.81.0.01.0.11.0.2 Show 45 moreShow less1.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.6.11.0.6.21.0.6.31.0.71.0.7.11.1.01.1.11.1.101.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.1.71.1.7.11.1.81.1.91.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.3.01.3.11.3.101.3.111.3.121.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.51.3.61.3.71.3.81.3.91.4.01.4.11.4.1.11.5.01.5.11.5.2 |
1.5.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-13869 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Verbb Comments, published June 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in verbb/comments 1.5.5.
References
Left out here: 2 versions. The JSON record has them.