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CVE-2019-20798

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in handler_server_info.c in Cherokee through 1.2.104. The requested URL is improperly displayed on the About page in the default configuration of the web server and its administrator panel. The XSS in the administrator panel can be used to reconfigure the server and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Cherokee-Project Cherokee: through 1.2.104

References

• https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227
• https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
• https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227
• https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09

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