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CVE-2020-1481

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1481 describes a remote code execution vulnerability within the ESLint extension for Visual Studio Code, impacting Microsoft's ESLint product. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not on the KEV catalog, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive Hot List status.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:eslint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
23.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2356 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio Code ESLint extension
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jul/CVE-2020-1481Important

Visual Studio Code ESLint Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jul 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1481
PatchVendor Advisory