Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-20008 is a stored cross-site scripting issue in Archery before version 1.3. A malicious project name could be saved and later rendered on the vulnerability-scan scheduling page, potentially affecting users who view that page.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted remediation item if Archery is in use. Business urgency is lower without evidence of active exploitation, but stored XSS can affect administrative workflows and should not remain unresolved.
Technical view
The CVE describes stored XSS triggered through the project name field when creating or editing a project in Archery before 1.3. The affected rendering location is the vulnerability-scan scheduling page. No CVSS score, CWE, or detailed product CPEs are provided in the source bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running Archery or ArcherySec before version 1.3, especially where untrusted or lower-privileged users can create or edit projects.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked as CISA KEV. The issue requires the ability to store a malicious project name and another user viewing the scheduling page.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE description identifies the field, affected version range, and rendered page, but no CVSS, CWE, CPE, or exploit-in-the-wild signal is supplied. Base validation on version review and vendor references.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Archery or ArcherySec installations older than 1.3 to version 1.3 or later.
- Review the vendor issue, release, and comparison notes for fix context.
- Restrict project creation and editing to trusted users until upgraded.
- Review existing project names for suspicious script-like content.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed Archery or ArcherySec versions and identify any instance below 1.3.
- Confirm whether untrusted users can create or edit project names.
- Verify the vulnerability-scan scheduling page safely renders project names after upgrade.
- Check project change history for unexpected project name modifications.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/archerysec/archerysec/issues/338CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/archerysec/archerysec/releases/tag/v1.3CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/archerysec/archerysec/compare/archerysec-v1.2...v1.3CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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