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TI-2020-18846 Aliases CVE-2020-36653GHSA-fph6-hxr8-236h

GENI Portal error-text.php cross site scripting

Priority LOW 28CWE-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 · 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

EPSS 0.00618 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GENIPortalall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Portal VendorGENI Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:geni:geni-portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2020-01-29VulnerableGENI
  • cpe:2.3:a:geni:geni-portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2020-01-29 Vulnerable ·GENI

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36653
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fph6-hxr8-236h

References

  • TI-2020-18847 GENI Portal sliceresource.php no_invocation_id_error cross site scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources