Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE reports stored cross-site scripting and HTML injection in Create-Project Manager 1.07. A malicious entry in chat, social feed, message, or client fields could affect later users who view it. The public bundle does not provide CVSS, vendor confirmation, a patch version, or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize identification first. If the application is not deployed, business risk is negligible. If it is deployed and accepts input from many users or the internet, treat it as a meaningful web application risk until vendor guidance or replacement is confirmed.
Technical view
CVE-2020-23974 describes multiple persistent XSS and HTML injection flaws in Create-Project Manager 1.07. Reported affected areas include Online chat, Social feed, Message title-tag, and Add new client fields. Stored attacker-controlled markup or script could render for later users. CVSS, CWE, vendor, patch, and CPE data are not provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations still running Create-Project Manager 1.07, especially deployments where untrusted or lower-privileged users can submit content to the affected fields. The bundle does not identify vendor CPEs, hosting model, authentication requirements, or affected versions beyond 1.07.
Exploitation context
The sources are public vulnerability disclosures, and the CVE is not marked as CISA KEV. The provided evidence supports public knowledge of the issue, but not confirmed in-the-wild exploitation. Persistent XSS can support session theft, malicious actions in a user's browser, or content tampering depending on application context.
Researcher notes
The record is sparse and relies on third-party public references. No CVSS, CWE, CPE, patch, or exploitation confirmation is present in the bundle. Validate product identity and deployment details before scoring. Avoid assuming affected versions beyond Create-Project Manager 1.07.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor or project guidance for an official fix or maintained replacement.
- Inventory any Create-Project Manager 1.07 deployments, including internal instances.
- Restrict access to affected workflows until remediation is confirmed.
- Review input handling and output encoding for the named fields.
- Monitor application logs for suspicious stored content submissions.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Create-Project Manager 1.07 is deployed anywhere.
- Identify who can write to chat, social feed, message, and client fields.
- Review vendor advisories or repository history for a patched version.
- Safely test in a non-production environment for stored rendering behavior.
- Verify compensating controls block untrusted markup from rendering.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157599/Create-Project-Manager-1.07-Cross-Site-Scripting-HTML-Injection.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2020050071CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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