CVE-2020-14042

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

** PRODUCT NOT SUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Codiad v1.7.8 and later. The vulnerability occurs because of improper sanitization of the folder's name $path variable in components/filemanager/class.filemanager.php. NOTE: the vendor states "Codiad is no longer under active maintenance by core contributors."

Affected products

Codiad: from 1.7.8

References

https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4278
https://github.com/Codiad/Codiad/blob/master/README.md
https://github.com/Codiad/Codiad/issues/1122
https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4278
https://github.com/Codiad/Codiad/blob/master/README.md
https://github.com/Codiad/Codiad/issues/1122

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