# CVE-2020-14988: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Bloomreach Experience Manager allow attackers to inject malicious scripts via various input fields, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cq64-gmxm-xq9m

## What is CVE-2020-14988?

CVE-2020-14988 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Bloomreach Experience Manager (brXM) 4.1.0 through 14.2.2. It allows XSS in the login page via the loginmessage parameter, the text editor via the src attribute of HTML elements, the translations menu via the foldername parameter, the author page via the link URL, or the upload image functionality via an SVG document containing JavaScript.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14988?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bloomreach Experience Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-14987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14987/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-14989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14989/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14988 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14988 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14988/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14988
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14988
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14988

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14988/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.