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TI-2020-14063 Aliases CVE-2020-21485GHSA-298m-hvgh-x9cw

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Alluxio v.1.8.1 allows a remote attacker to…

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Alluxio v.1.8.1 allows a remote attacker to executea arbitrary code via the path parameter in the browse board component.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00514 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.alluxio:alluxio-parent (Maven)up to 1.8.1—No fix listedGHSA-298m-hvgh-x9cw
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.alluxio:alluxio-parent (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-298m-hvgh-x9cw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:alluxio:alluxio:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.1VulnerableAlluxio
  • cpe:2.3:a:alluxio:alluxio:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.1 Vulnerable ·Alluxio

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-21485
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-298m-hvgh-x9cw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-20162 An issue in Alluxio v.2.9.3 and before allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-07851 In Alluxio before 2.7.3, the logserver does not validate the input stream. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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