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CVE-2020-28502

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28502 is a high-severity arbitrary code injection vulnerability affecting the xmlhttprequest package prior to version 1.7.0, and all versions of xmlhttprequest-ssl. When synchronous requests are made, malicious user input within xhr.send can lead to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.1, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlhttprequest_project:xmlhttprequest:*:*:*:*:*: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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0465 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 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, 0.1 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 (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: xmlhttprequestFixed in: 1.7.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: xmlhttprequest-sslFixed in: 1.6.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xgcritical

xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection

May 4, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-28502Important

nodejs-xmlhttprequest: Code injection through user input to xhr.send

Mar 5, 2021

References

github.com / driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480
Broken Link
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936
ExploitThird Party Advisory