CVE-2020-24656
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
6.5 MediumPublic exploit
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
3.76%Up 3.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-24656- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-24656- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17371 No score
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17371- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58vg-xh6q-3cq6 No score
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
Maltego before 4.2.12 allows XXE attacks.
- Record
GHSA-58vg-xh6q-3cq6- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | mattia-maria-scivoletto/Internet-Security-Project | 2021-09-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24656 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Maltego, published August 26, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.76%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.