Stored XSS via unsanitized displayText
Published Jun 3, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Stored XSS in APTIS GmbH & Co. KG Server Status 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via HTTP and SMTP Status macros. The macros copy the untrusted displayText parameter into rendered Confluence pages without sanitization, so script content executes when a page visitor views the macro. Exploitation requires permission to create or edit a page and a victim who opens it; the demonstrated impact is browser-side script execution and integrity compromise.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in APTIS GmbH & Co. KG Server Status 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via HTTP and SMTP Status macros. The macros copy the untrusted displayText parameter into rendered Confluence pages without sanitization, so script content executes when a page visitor views the macro. Exploitation requires permission to create or edit a page and a victim who opens it; the demonstrated impact is browser-side script execution and integrity compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36527
- Published
- Jun 3, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- APTIS GmbH & Co. KG
- Product
- Server Status
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 3, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- SEC Consult Server Status stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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