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Vulnerability details: VCID-mcnd-gx42-p3gk
Vulnerability ID VCID-mcnd-gx42-p3gk
Aliases CVE-2020-13932
GHSA-3h2h-xqr2-2jp7
Summary Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13932.json
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txt
generic_textual MODERATE https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txt
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
epss 0.02552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3h2h-xqr2-2jp7
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13932.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13932
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
1858946 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1858946
CVE-2020-13932 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932
CVE-2020-13932-ANNOUNCEMENT.TXT https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txt
GHSA-3h2h-xqr2-2jp7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3h2h-xqr2-2jp7
RHSA-2020:5365 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5365
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13932.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txt
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85419
EPSS Score 0.02552
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:49:25.018138+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.activemq/apache-artemis/CVE-2020-13932.yml 38.0.0