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Vulnerability details: VCID-5qe8-jdbh-x7b4
Vulnerability ID VCID-5qe8-jdbh-x7b4
Aliases BIT-airflow-2020-11983
CVE-2020-11983
GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
PYSEC-2020-17
Summary An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. It was discovered that many of the admin management screens in the new/RBAC UI handled escaping incorrectly, allowing authenticated users with appropriate permissions to create stored XSS attacks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
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
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00411 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11983
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
cvssv4 5.1 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv4 5.1 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
cvssv4 5.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
cvssv4 5.1 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
cvssv4 5.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11983
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
CVE-2020-11983 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4p3-qw5c-mhpc
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11983
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.61674
EPSS Score 0.00411
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:19:31.691053+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-17.yaml 38.6.0