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CVE-2020-9520 — A stored XSS vulnerability was discovered in Micro Focus Vibe, affecting all Vibe version prior to 4.0.7

Medium CVSS 5.4

A stored XSS vulnerability was discovered in Micro Focus Vibe, affecting all Vibe version prior to 4.0.7. The vulnerability could allows a remote attacker to craft and store malicious content into Vibe such that when the content is viewed by another user of the system, attacker controlled JavaScript will execute in the security context of the target user’s browser.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.4 (3.1)
Published
2020-03-25
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
javascript/npm
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Affected products

  • microfocus / vibe

Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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