What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-6802?

CVE-2020-6802 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.7%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2020-6802?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2020-6802. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-6802?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-6802. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Bleach CVE-2020-6802

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2020-03-24 security@mozilla.org

XSS Mozilla Bleach Fedora

6.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 24, 2020 - 22:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

10 pypi packages depend on bleach (10 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.1.1.

DescriptionNVD

In Mozilla Bleach before 3.11, a mutation XSS affects users calling bleach.clean with noscript and a raw tag in the allowed/whitelisted tags option.

AnalysisAI

In Mozilla Bleach before 3.11, a mutation XSS affects users calling bleach.clean with noscript and a raw tag in the allowed/whitelisted tags option. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. In Mozilla Bleach before 3.11, a mutation XSS affects users calling bleach.clean with noscript and a raw tag in the allowed/whitelisted tags option. Affected products include: Mozilla Bleach, Fedoraproject Fedora. Version information: before 3.11.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.