{"id":"CVE-2020-8825","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-8825","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:22:21.696Z","title":"index.php?p=/dashboard/settings/branding in Vanilla 2.6.3 allows stored XSS.","description":"index.php?p=/dashboard/settings/branding in Vanilla 2.6.3 allows stored XSS.","published":"2020-02-10T12:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["vanillaforums/vanilla"],"epss":{"score":0.01875,"percentile":0.79252,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2020-02-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":48042,"kind":"exploit","title":"Vanilla Forums 2.6.3 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48042","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/48042.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/48042.txt","published":"2020-02-11","added":"2020-02-11","updated":"2020-02-11","author":"Sayak Naskar","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-8825"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156281/Vanilla-Forum-2.6.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hacky1997/CVE-2020-8825","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156281/Vanilla-Forum-2.6.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/hacky1997/CVE-2020-8825","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8825","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}