TI-2020-17483 Aliases CVE-2020-28955 GHSA-vwh9-6g3r-w9rf

SugarCRM v6.5.18 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in…

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2021-10-22 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

SugarCRM v6.5.18 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Create Employee module. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the First Name or Last Name input fields.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00581 47th 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

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sugarcrm:sugarcrm:6.5.18:::::::*	6.5.18	Vulnerable	SugarCRM

cpe:2.3:a:sugarcrm:sugarcrm:6.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.18 Vulnerable ·SugarCRM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28955
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwh9-6g3r-w9rf

References

Exploit 1

https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2257

TI-2023-09083 In SugarCRM before 12.0. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2012-00639 SugarCRM CE <= 6.3.1 contains scripts that use "unserialize()" with user controlled input… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-17895 An issue was discovered in SugarCRM Enterprise before 11.0.6 and 12.x before 12.0.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-17892 An issue was discovered in SugarCRM Enterprise before 11.0.6 and 12.x before 12.0.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-17894 An issue was discovered in SugarCRM Enterprise before 11.0.6 and 12.x before 12.0.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2019-11167 SugarCRM Enterprise 9.0.0 allows mobile/error-not-supported-platform.html?desktop_url= XSS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

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Sources

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