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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-8778 · published 2 March 2020

CVE-2020-8778: Alfresco cross-site scripting vulnerability

Alfresco · Alfresco

Alfresco Enterprise before 5.2.7 and Alfresco Community before 6.2.0 (rb65251d6-b368) has XSS via an uploaded document, when the attacker has write access to a project.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 2.6% · top 14.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Alfresco Enterprise before 5.2.7 and Alfresco Community before 6.2.0 (rb65251d6-b368) has XSS via an uploaded document, when the attacker has write access to a project.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156599/Alfresco-5.2.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937042 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-22110 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156599/Alfresco-5.2.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937042 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-22110 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-8778), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-16). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.