Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-25735 is a cross-site scripting issue in webTareas through version 2.1. Affected pages include client, project, extension, notification, expense, location, department, and announcement functions. The available sources do not provide a CVSS score, confirmed exploitation, or a named fixed version.
Executive priority
Treat this as a medium-priority exposure unless webTareas is internet-facing, business-critical, or used by privileged staff. The main urgency is confirming whether the application still exists in the environment and whether a maintained fix is available.
Technical view
The CVE record describes XSS across multiple webTareas PHP endpoints: clients/editclient.php, extensions/addextension.php, administration/add_announcement.php, administration/departments.php, administration/locations.php, expenses/claim_type.php, projects/editproject.php, and general/newnotifications.php. The bundle does not specify whether the XSS is stored or reflected, authentication requirements, payload context, or remediation details.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where webTareas 2.1 or earlier is deployed, especially if reachable from the internet or used by many internal users. The CVE data lacks normalized vendor, product, version, and CPE entries, so discovery may require manual application and version checks.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. XSS can still create business risk by abusing trusted sessions or content, but the exact attack path and required user interaction are not established by the provided evidence.
Researcher notes
Evidence is thin: the CVE names affected paths and webTareas through 2.1, but does not include CVSS, CWE, CPE, exploit status, or fix metadata. Avoid assuming affected input fields, authentication state, or persistence without reviewing the linked disclosure and vendor ticket.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all webTareas deployments and confirm whether they are version 2.1 or earlier.
- Check the SourceForge project and ticket reference for vendor-maintained remediation guidance.
- Restrict access to webTareas administration and workflow pages where possible.
- Apply vendor guidance before relying on local filtering or custom changes.
- Use web application controls to reduce script injection risk as a temporary measure.
Validation and detection
- Inventory webTareas instances by application name, deployment owner, and version.
- Review the listed PHP endpoints for reachable exposure in each deployment.
- Confirm whether SourceForge ticket 40 or project files identify an upgrade path.
- Check application logs for unusual edits to clients, projects, announcements, departments, and notifications.
- Validate remediation with non-destructive XSS regression tests in an authorized test environment.
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://medium.com/%40tehwinsam/webtareas-2-1-c8b406c68c2aCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas/files/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceforge.net/p/webtareas/tickets/40/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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