CVE-2020-14987
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows...
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because there is a mishandling of the capability for administrators to write and run Groovy scripts within the updater editor. An attacker must use an AST transforming annotation such as @Grab.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because there is a mishandling of the capability for administrators to write and run Groovy scripts within the updater editor. An attacker must use an AST transforming annotation such as @Grab.
- Record
CVE-2020-14987- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because there is a mishandling of the capability for administrators to write and run Groovy scripts within the updater editor. An attacker must use an AST transforming annotation such as @Grab.
- Record
CVE-2020-14987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7117 No score
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because there is a mishandling of the capability for administrators to write and run Groovy scripts within the updater editor. An attacker must use an AST transforming annotation such as @Grab.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7117- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59pc-38q9-x2p3
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows...
An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because there is a mishandling of the capability for administrators to write and run Groovy scripts within the updater editor. An attacker must use an AST transforming annotation such as @Grab.
- Record
GHSA-59pc-38q9-x2p3- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-14987 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Bloomreach Experience Manager, published March 11, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.64%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.