# CVE-2020-11499: Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool (FACT) 3 has Stored XSS when updating analysis details via a localhost web request, as demonstrated by

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool (FACT) 3 has Stored XSS when updating analysis details via a localhost web request, as demonstrated by mishandling of the tags and version fields in helperFunctions/mongo_task_conversion.py.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core/issues/375
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core/pull/376

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