CVE-2020-28502

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    CVE-2020-28502

    Published: 5 Mar 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

    References: https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -17b03f96faa6ab3d3b3517707173d5d6a3bb253c

    Affected versions

    1.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2020-28502 | CVE-DB