CVE-2020-23986
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a...
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
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
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
- Record
CVE-2020-23986- 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
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
- Record
CVE-2020-23986- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-16722 No score
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
- Record
EUVD-2020-16722- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jqwf-p5f8-cfhc No score
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a...
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
- Record
GHSA-jqwf-p5f8-cfhc- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.
- Record
CVE-2020-23986- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2020-23986 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Github Readme Stats Project Readme Stats, published January 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.