CVE-2019-20798

8.4 highEPSS 1.7%

High (8.4) in cherokee-project cherokee. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An XSS issue was discovered in handler_server_info.c in Cherokee through 1.2.104. The requested URL is improperly displayed on the About page in the default configuration of the web server and its administrator panel. The XSS in the administrator panel can be used to reconfigure the server and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.4 high

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

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2020-05-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

cherokee-project:cherokee

References

https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227
https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1227
https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html

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