# CVE-2020-9413: TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability

> An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by tricking an authenticated user into clicking a crafted URL in TIBCO Managed File Transfer.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5f7p-jvxr-fcfh

## What is CVE-2020-9413?

CVE-2020-9413 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 30 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The MFT Browser file transfer client and MFT Browser admin client components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center and TIBCO Managed File Transfer Internet Server contain a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker to craft an URL that will execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. If the attacker convinces an authenticated user with a currently active session to enter or click on the URL the commands will be executed on the affected system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center: versions 8.2.1 and below and TIBCO Managed File Transfer Internet Server: versions 8.2.1 and below.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9413?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Managed File Transfer Command Center, Tibco Managed File Transfer Internet Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9413?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9413 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-9413 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center

- [CVE-2020-9414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9414/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-22774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22774/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center XXE Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2017-5531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5531/): Privilege escalation in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2018-18810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18810/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer Credentials Disclosure (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2014-7194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7194/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9413 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9413 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 30 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center. 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-2020-9413/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9413/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9413
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9413
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9413

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