CVE-2020-36499
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting ...
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.
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
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.
- Record
CVE-2020-36499- 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
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.
- Record
CVE-2020-36499- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23985 No score
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23985- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8cf-x3wp-585x
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting ...
TAO Open Source Assessment Platform v3.3.0 RC02 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the content parameter of the Rubric Block (Add) module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the rubric name value.
- Record
GHSA-j8cf-x3wp-585x- 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 - 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-2020-36499 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Taotesting Tao Assessment Platform, published October 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.