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CVE-2020-17453

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

6.1 MediumPublic exploit

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

26.2%Up 22.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Record
CVE-2020-17453
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Record
CVE-2020-17453
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9405 No score

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Record
EUVD-2020-9405
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5q6x-p849-7jj8 6.1

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Record
GHSA-5q6x-p849-7jj8
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.1

WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.

Record
CVE-2020-17453
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
NucleiWSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting
PoC in GitHubkarthi-the-hacker/CVE-2020-174532023-04-20
PoC in GitHubydycjz6j/CVE-2020-17453-PoC2021-04-03

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-17453 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Wso2 Api Manager, published April 5, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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