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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8468

Trend Micro Multiple Products Content Validation Escape Vulnerability

Published Mar 16, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agents

Patch now

CVE-2020-8468 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agents against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.17%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe trendmicro/apex one · cpe trendmicro/officescan · cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security · vendor Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agents

Trend Micro Apex One (2019), OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security (9.0, 9.5, 10.0) agents are affected by a content validation escape vulnerability which could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components. An attempted attack requires user authentication.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe trendmicro/apex one2019
  • cpe trendmicro/officescanxg
  • cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security10.0
  • cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security9.0
  • cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security9.5
  • vendor Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agentsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-8468

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-8468 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agents 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 trendmicro/apex one 2019; trendmicro/worry-free business security 10.0; trendmicro/worry-free business security 9.0; trendmicro/worry-free business security 9.5. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-74: Injection. EPSS 6.17%. 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

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 17, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    Trend Micro Apex One (2019), OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security (9.0, 9.5, 10.0) agents are affected by a content validation escape vulnerability which could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components. An attempted attack requires user authentication.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Trend Micro Apex One (2019), OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security (9.0, 9.5, 10.0) agents are affected by a content validation escape vulnerability which could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components. An attempted attack requires user authentication.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8468

    Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, and Worry-Free Business Security agents contain a content validation escape vulnerability that could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8468

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8468

    30-day exploitation probability 6.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8468

    Trend Micro Apex One (2019), OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security (9.0, 9.5, 10.0) agents are affected by a content validation escape vulnerability which could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components. An attempted attack requires user authenticat

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8468

    Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, and Worry-Free Business Security agents contain a content validation escape vulnerability that could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.