[HIGH] CVE-2013-20006 — CVSS 7.5 (March 16, 2026)

A HIGH-severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2013-20006 has been published on March 16, 2026 with a CVSS base score of 7.5. This security advisory provides a detailed breakdown of the vulnerability, its potential impact, weakness classification, and actionable steps to protect your systems.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2013-20006
Severity: HIGH
CVSS Score: 7.5
Published: March 16, 2026
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79

Technical Description

Qool CMS contains multiple persistent cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in several administrative scripts where POST parameters are not properly sanitized before being stored and returned to users. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code through parameters like 'title', 'name', 'email', 'username', 'link', and 'task' in endpoints such as addnewtype, addnewdatafield, addmenu, addusergroup, addnewuserfield, adduser, addgeneraldata, and addcontentitem to execute arbitrary scripts in administrator browsers.

Potential Impact

If exploited, this high-severity vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise sensitive data confidentiality. Organizations running affected software should treat this as a priority remediation item.

Recommended Action

No official patch is available yet. Until one is released:

1. Monitor the official NVD page and vendor channels for patch announcements.
2. Restrict access to the affected system or service where possible.
3. Apply network-level mitigations such as firewall rules or WAF policies.
4. Enable logging and alerting for anomalous activity related to this vulnerability.
5. Review your incident response plan in case of active exploitation.

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References

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