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CVE-2019-20920

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20920 is an Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting Handlebars versions before 3.0.8 and 4.x before 4.5.3. The lookup helper fails to validate templates, allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) can lead to arbitrary code execution on servers or cross-site scripting (XSS) in browsers, with a network attack vector and high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:handlebarsjs:handlebars:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:handlebarsjs:handlebars:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: handlebarsFixed in: 3.0.8
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: handlebarsFixed in: 4.5.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed in: openshift4/ose-logging-kibana6:v4.6.0-202106181629.p0.git.40f3e72
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.13.1 asyncFixed in: handlebars
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed in: ovirt-web-ui-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1Fixed in: servicemesh-grafana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: kibana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/grafana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: kibana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-grafana

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-3cqr-58rm-57f8high

Arbitrary Code Execution in Handlebars

Feb 10, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-20920Moderate

nodejs-handlebars: lookup helper fails to properly validate templates allowing for arbitrary JavaScript execution

Nov 4, 2019

References

snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-HANDLEBARS-534478
Third Party Advisory
npmjs.com / advisories/1316
ExploitThird Party Advisory
npmjs.com / advisories/1324
Third Party Advisory