CVE-2020-8777

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Alfresco Enterprise before 5.2.7 and Alfresco Community before 6.2.0 (rb65251d6-b368) has XSS via a user profile photo, as demonstrated by a SCRIPT element in an SVG document.

Affected products

Alfresco: before 5.2.7; before 6.2.0 — fixed in 5.2.7, 6.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Alfresco 5.2.7, 6.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156599/Alfresco-5.2.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937042
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-22110
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156599/Alfresco-5.2.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937042
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-22110

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