CVE-2020-17362 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search.php component of the Nova Lite WordPress theme prior to version 1.3.9. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking, requiring user interaction to succeed. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been identified, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themeinprogress:nova_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.