CVE-2020-36307

Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has stored XSS via textile inline links.

Published: 2021-04-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-36307 is rated Moderate Risk (41.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-36307

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 0.34% 0.70% +0.36%
2 2026-03-21 0.41% 0.34% -0.08%
3 2025-11-21 0.41%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-36307

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-2020-36307

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-36307

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-36307 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (redmine), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36307
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-36307 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (redmine), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 8, needs-triage 3, not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36307

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-36307

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redmine redmine < 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redmine redmine >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-36307

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