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CVE-2020-36654: GENI Portal sliceresource.php no_invocation_id_error cross site scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GENI Portal. This affects the function no_invocation_id_error of the file portal/www/portal/sliceresource.php. The manipulation of the argument invocation_id/invocation_user leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The patch is named 39a96fb4b822bd3497442a96135de498d4a81337. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218475.

Affected products

• GENI Portal: before 2020-08-27 — fixed in 2020-08-27

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GENI Portal 2020-08-27. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/39a96fb4b822bd3497442a96135de498d4a81337
• https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1824
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218475
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218475
• https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/39a96fb4b822bd3497442a96135de498d4a81337
• https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1824
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218475
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218475

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