CVE-2020-13408
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedTufin SecureTrack < R20-2 GA contains reflected + stored XSS (as in, the value is reflected back to the user, but is also stored within the DB and can be later triggered again by the same victim, or also later by different users). Both stored, and reflected payloads are triggerable by admin, so malicious non-authenticated user could get admin level access. Even malicious low-privileged user can inject XSS, which can be executed by admin, potentially elevating privileges and obtaining admin access. (issue 2 of 3)
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceTufin SecureTrack before R20-2 GA contains a combined reflected and stored XSS vulnerability. Malicious input is both reflected back to the user and persisted in the database, allowing the payload to execute whenever an administrator views the compromised data. This enables privilege escalation from low-privileged or unauthenticated users to admin-level access.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< r20-2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check SecureTrack version via web UILog into the SecureTrack administration interface and navigate to Help > About or Administration > System Information to view the installed version numberAffected if The displayed version is any release prior to R20-2 (for example, R20-1, R19-3, etc.)
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Check SecureTrack version via CLIAccess the SecureTrack server console or SSH and run the command typically used to display product version, such as 'st version' or check '/opt/tufin/common/version' if accessibleAffected if The returned version is any build before the R20-2 GA release
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Identify input fields vulnerable to XSSReview SecureTrack configuration pages where low-privileged or unauthenticated users can submit data, such as device names, policy labels, or comment fields in network objectsAffected if The application does not properly sanitize or encode user-supplied input in these fields before displaying or storing the data
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Check for existing XSS payloads in databaseQuery the SecureTrack database for suspicious JavaScript tags or encoded characters in fields that store user input, such as device_hostnames, policy_comments, or object_descriptions tablesAffected if Any records contain unexpected HTML tags like <script>, <img onerror=, or encoded variants that were not intentionally added by administrators
Your environment is affected if SecureTrack is running any version prior to R20-2 and accepts user input in the vulnerable fields without proper sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Tufin SecureTrack R20-2 GA or later. Additionally, implement proper input validation and output encoding across all user-supplied data fields to prevent XSS execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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