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CVE-2020-8825

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8825 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Vanilla Forums version 2.6.3, specifically within the dashboard branding settings. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts, requiring user interaction to trigger, potentially leading to information disclosure or limited impact on integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vanillaforums:vanilla:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-48042 · Feb 11, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156281/Vanilla-Forum-2.6.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / hacky1997/CVE-2020-8825
ExploitThird Party Advisory