CVE-2020-24609

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TechKshetra Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd Savsoft Quiz 5.5 and earlier has XSS which can result in an attacker injecting the XSS payload in the User Registration section and each time the admin visits the manage user section from the admin panel, the XSS triggers and the attacker can steal the cookie via crafted payload.

Published: 2020-08-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-24609 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.23%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-24609

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
48785 exploit_db edb 2020-09-03 Exploit-DB ↗
48753 exploit_db edb 2020-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-24609

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 2026-02-07 16.23% 18.23% +2.00%
2 2025-11-21 11.69% 16.23% +4.55%
3 2025-11-18 — 11.69% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-24609

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-2020-24609

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-24609

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
techkshetrainfo savsoft_quiz <= 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:techkshetrainfo:savsoft_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-24609

URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48753 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48785 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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