CVE-2020-8288
The `specializedRendering` function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site...
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
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
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-8288- 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
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-8288- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29156 No score
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29156- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q8vp-9pjp-8vc7
The `specializedRendering` function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site...
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
- Record
GHSA-q8vp-9pjp-8vc7- 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
OSV
The specializedRendering function in Rocket.Chat server before 3.9.2 allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability by way of the value parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-8288- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| 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-2020-8288 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Rocket.chat, published January 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.