CVE-2020-7993
mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 55 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.75% (55th) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Prototype 1.6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to forge ticket creation (on behalf of other user accounts) via a modified email ID field.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/prototypejs/prototype/blob/master/CHANGELOGcnnvd
- https://medium.com/@vbharad/improper-access-control-vulnerability-in-prototype-1-6-0-1-framework-379cc3a05079cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7993cnnvd
- https://github.com/prototypejs/prototype/blob/master/CHANGELOGenisa_euvd
- https://medium.com/%40vbharad/improper-access-control-vulnerability-in-prototype-1-6-0-1-framework-379cc3a05079enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/prototypejs/prototype/blob/master/CHANGELOGThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://medium.com/%40vbharad/improper-access-control-vulnerability-in-prototype-1-6-0-1-framework-379cc3a05079nvd
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