CVE-2020-22987
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fileToUpload parameter to the uploadFile task.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.1
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fileToUpload parameter to the uploadFile task.
- Record
CVE-2020-22987- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fileToUpload parameter to the uploadFile task.
- Record
CVE-2020-22987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-15743 No score
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fileToUpload parameter to the uploadFile task.
- Record
EUVD-2020-15743- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v5c8-f2q3-j55m
6.1
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MicroStrategy Web SDK 10.11 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fileToUpload parameter to the uploadFile task.
- Record
GHSA-v5c8-f2q3-j55m- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS: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
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-22987 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Microstrategy Web Sdk, published May 12, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
yourcompany.com/MicroStrategy/servlet/taskProc
microstrategy.com/us/report-a-security-vulnerability
medium.com/@win3zz/simple-story-of-some-complicated-xss-on-facebook-8a9c0d80969d
medium.com/%40win3zz/simple-story-of-some-complicated-xss-on-facebook-8a9c0d80969d
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22987
microstrategy.com
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5c8-f2q3-j55m