CVE-2020-8825
index.php?p=/dashboard/settings/branding in Vanilla 2.6.3 allows stored XSS.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
index.php?p=/dashboard/settings/branding in Vanilla 2.6.3 allows stored XSS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.88% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 February 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- vanillaforums/vanilla
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156281/Vanilla-Forum-2.6.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/hacky1997/CVE-2020-8825Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156281/Vanilla-Forum-2.6.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/hacky1997/CVE-2020-8825Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.