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CVE-2020-12677

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in Progress MOVEit Automation Web Admin. A Web Admin application endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious input, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in a victim's browser, aka XSS. This affects 2018 - 2018.0 prior to 2018.0.3, 2018 SP1 - 2018.2 prior to 2018.2.3, 2018 SP2 - 2018.3 prior to 2018.3.7, 2019 - 2019.0 prior to 2019.0.3, 2019.1 - 2019.1 prior to 2019.1.2, and 2019.2 - 2019.2 prior to 2019.2.2.

Affected products

• Progress Software MOVEit Automation: from 2018.0 before 2018.0.3; from 2018.2 before 2018.2.3; from 2018.3 before 2018.3.7; from 2019.0 before 2019.0.3; from 2019.1 before 2019.1.2; from 2019.2 before 2019.2.2 — fixed in 2018.0.3, 2018.2.3, 2018.3.7, 2019.0.3, 2019.1.2, 2019.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress Software MOVEit Automation 2018.0.3, 2018.2.3, 2018.3.7, 2019.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Automation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerability-XSS-May-2020
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018SP1/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018SP2/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2019/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2019_1/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2019_2/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Automation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerability-XSS-May-2020
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018SP1/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2018SP2/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Automation2019/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#33958.htm

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