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CVE-2020-25614

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-25614 is a critical vulnerability affecting xmlquery before version 1.3.1, stemming from a missing validation check for XML format in LoadURL responses. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (SIGSEGV) at xmlquery.(*Node).InnerText, with a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a widespread threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlquery_project:xmlquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/antchfx/xmlqueryFixed in: 1.3.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-93m7-c69f-5cfjhigh

xmlquery lacks check for whether LoadURL response is in XML format, causing denial of service

Oct 7, 2022

References

github.com / antchfx/xmlquery/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / antchfx/xmlquery/issues/39
ExploitThird Party Advisory