CVE-2020-36889
Kentico Xperience <= 12.0.90 Administration Interface Stored XSS
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Kentico Xperience <= 12.0.90 Administration Interface Stored XSS
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.
- Record
CVE-2020-36889- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - 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
EUVDEUVD-2025-204379
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.
- Record
EUVD-2025-204379- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2jq7-6vh9-gh84
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject...
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.
- Record
GHSA-2jq7-6vh9-gh84- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via error messages containing specially crafted object names. This allows malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers when administrators view error messages in the administration interface.
- Record
CVE-2020-36889- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-36889 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Kentico Xperience, published December 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.