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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8115

revive-adserver revive_adserver Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Published Jan 22, 2024 · catalog updated Jan 22, 2024 · revive-adserver revive_adserver Improper Neutralization

Patch now

CVE-2020-8115 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm revive-adserver revive_adserver Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (revive-adserver revive_adserver Improper Neutralization).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.98%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated revive_adserver · vendor revive-adserver revive_adserver

A reflected XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the publicly accessible afr.php delivery script of Revive Adserver <= 5.0.3 by Jacopo Tediosi. There are currently no known exploits: the session identifier cannot be accessed as it is stored in an http-only cookie as of v3.2.2. On older versions, however, under specific circumstances, it could be possible to steal the session identifier and gain access to the admin interface. The query string sent to the www/delivery/afr.php script was printed back without proper escaping in a JavaScript context, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary JS

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  • stated revive_adserver<= 5.0.3
  • vendor revive-adserver revive_adserverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-8115

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-8115 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm revive-adserver revive_adserver Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 5.0.3. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 6.98%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 22, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    A reflected XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the publicly accessible afr.php delivery script of Revive Adserver <= 5.0.3 by Jacopo Tediosi. There are currently no known exploits: the session identifier cannot be accessed as it is stored in an http-only cookie as of v3.2.2. On older versions, however, under specific circumstances, it could be possible to steal the session identifier and gai

  2. Jan 22, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8115

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8115

    30-day exploitation probability 7.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8115

    A reflected XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the publicly accessible afr.php delivery script of Revive Adserver <= 5.0.3 by Jacopo Tediosi. There are currently no known exploits: the session identifier cannot be accessed as it is stored in an http-only cookie as of v3.2.2

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.