CVE-2020-13959

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 5.7% (92nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 5.7%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The default error page for VelocityView in Apache Velocity Tools prior to 3.1 reflects back the vm file that was entered as part of the URL. An attacker can set an XSS payload file as this vm file in the URL which results in this payload being executed. XSS vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the attacked website and the attacked user. This can be abused to steal session cookies, perform requests in the name of the victim or for phishing attacks.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
34
EG Risk 34/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation6% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
5.7%
EPSS %ILE
92nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

March 10, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibvelocity-tools-java-doc (2.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial2026-05-26ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(7 across 6 ecosystems)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
org.apache.velocity.tools:velocity-tools-parent3.0
  • every version up to 3.1: fixed in 3.1
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org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools1.3, 2.0, 2.0-beta2, 2.0-beta3, 2.0-beta4
  • every version through 2.0: no fix on record
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
velocity-tools—
  • every version up to 2.0-8: fixed in 2.0-8
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
velocity-tools—
  • every version up to 2.0-8: fixed in 2.0-8
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
velocity-tools—
  • every version up to 2.0-8: fixed in 2.0-8
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
velocity-tools—
  • every version up to 2.0-8: fixed in 2.0-8
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Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
velocity-tools2.0-6
  • every version up to 2.0-6+deb9u1: fixed in 2.0-6+deb9u1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 25× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-13959?
CVE-2020-13959 is a medium vulnerability published on March 10, 2021. The default error page for VelocityView in Apache Velocity Tools prior to 3.1 reflects back the vm file that was entered as part of the URL. An attacker can set an XSS payload file as this vm file in the URL which results in this payload being executed. XSS vulnerabilities allow attackers to…
When was CVE-2020-13959 disclosed?
CVE-2020-13959 was first published on March 10, 2021, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-13959 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-13959 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (92nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-13959?
CVE-2020-13959 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-13959?
A fix for CVE-2020-13959 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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