# CVE-2020-9414: TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability

> An authenticated user can exploit reflected XSS to steal session identifiers, potentially gaining administrative rights or file transfer permissions.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5hwp-56mh-q24m

## What is CVE-2020-9414?

CVE-2020-9414 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 30 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The MFT admin service component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center and TIBCO Managed File Transfer Internet Server contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows an authenticated user with specific permissions to obtain the session identifier of another user. The session identifier when replayed could provide administrative rights or file transfer permissions to 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-2020-9414?

It affects 2 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9414?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9414 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-9414 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center

- [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)
- [CVE-2020-9413](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9413/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9414 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9414 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 30 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9414 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-2020-9414/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9414/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9414
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9414
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9414

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