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CVE-2020-23814 xxl-job

Affected softwarexxl-job
Severity6.1 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in2.3.0
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published3 Sep 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in xxl-job v2.2.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) AppName and (2)AddressList parameter in JobGroupController.java file.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Real-world exploitation reported by VulnCheck KEV. CISA has not confirmed it.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 1 citation · earliest 2024-05-10.
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Nuclei.
  • EPSS 1.4% chance in 30 days

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2020-23814 in VulnCheck (free account).

EvidenceSourceDetailDate
Reported exploitation 1665891.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net /hubfs/1665891/Threat%20reports/AquaSecurity_Kinsing_Demystified_Technical_Guide.pdf 2024-05-10
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Nuclei XXL-JOB v2.2.0 — Stored Cross Site Scripting

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: com.xuxueli:xxl-job), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

6.1 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.xuxueli:xxl-job 0 2.3.0 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.xuxueli xxl-job generic < 2.3.0
nvd xuxueli xxl-job generic 2.2.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job/issues/1866 WEB
https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job/commit/227628567354d3c156951009d683c6fec3006e0e WEB
https://www.ccsq8.com/issues.html WEB

Timeline

Published2020-09-03By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence2024-05-10Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.