CVE-2020-1721

A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service in pki-core 10.10.5 where it did not properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted Javascript code.

Published: 2021-04-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-1721 is rated Moderate Risk (44.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-1721

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.83% 0.98% +0.16%
2 2026-04-13 1.21% 0.83% -0.39%
3 2026-04-09 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-1721

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-1721

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-1721

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-1721 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dogtag-pki), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1721
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1721
ubuntu low CVE-2020-1721 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dogtag-pki), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, ignored 5, needs-triage 3, not-affected 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1721

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-1721

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-1721

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777579 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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