GENI Portal error-text.php cross site scripting
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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in GENI Portal. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file portal/www/portal/error-text.php. The manipulation of the argument error leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218474 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36653
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fph6-hxr8-236h
References
More Geni-portal vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-18847 GENI Portal sliceresource.php no_invocation_id_error cross site scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-36653 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36653 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fph6-hxr8-236h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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