CVE-2020-17515
The "origin" parameter passed to some of the endpoints like '/trigger' was vulnerable to XSS exploit.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The "origin" parameter passed to some of the endpoints like '/trigger' was vulnerable to XSS exploit. This issue affects Apache Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13. This is same as CVE-2020-13944 but the implemented fix in Airflow 1.10.13 did not fix the issue completely.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 16.21% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- apache/airflow
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 16.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/11/2Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8ce70088ba291f358e077cafdb14d174b7a1ce9a9d86d1b332d6367%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc005f4de9d9b0ba943ceb8ff5a21a5c6ff8a9df52632476698d99432%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/11/2Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2892ef594dbbf54d0939b808626f52f7c2d1584f8aa1d81570847d2a%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4656959c8ed06c1f6202d89aa4e67b35ad7bdba5a666caff3fea888e%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8ce70088ba291f358e077cafdb14d174b7a1ce9a9d86d1b332d6367%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc005f4de9d9b0ba943ceb8ff5a21a5c6ff8a9df52632476698d99432%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.