# CVE-2020-7317: ePolicy Orchistrator (ePO) - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

> Administrators can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unsanitized parameters in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4phr-gcpq-3v8p

## What is CVE-2020-7317?

CVE-2020-7317 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 14 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchistrator (ePO) prior to 5.10.9 Update 9 allows administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via parameter values for "syncPointList" not being correctly sanitsed.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7317?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

- [CVE-2016-8027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8027/): SQL injection in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5156/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0690/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-1498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1498/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2015-8765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8765/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7317 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7317 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 14 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator. 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-2020-7317/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7317/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7317
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7317
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7317

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7317/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.