CVE-2020-36409
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated...
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Add Category" parameter under the "Categories" module.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Add Category" parameter under the "Categories" module.
- Record
CVE-2020-36409- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Add Category" parameter under the "Categories" module.
- Record
CVE-2020-36409- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23937 No score
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Add Category" parameter under the "Categories" module.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23937- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7g68-2g58-wx86 No score
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated...
A stored cross scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMS Made Simple 2.2.14 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Add Category" parameter under the "Categories" module.
- Record
GHSA-7g68-2g58-wx86- Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2020-36409 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published July 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.