{"id":"CVE-2020-28502","aliases":["GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28502","summary":"xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection","details":"This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.","published":"2021-03-05T18:15:12.830Z","modified":"2026-07-08T20:30:23.985201Z","cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"xmlhttprequest","fixedVersion":"1.7.0"},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"xmlhttprequest-ssl","fixedVersion":"1.6.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/983cfc244c7567ad6a59e366e55a8037e0497fe6","label":"driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest@983cfc2"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28502"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/983cfc244c7567ad6a59e366e55a8037e0497fe6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/ee1e81fc67729c7c0eba5537ed7fe1e30a6b3291"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L480"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/ae38832a0f1347c5e96dda665402509a3458e302/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L531"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T20:30:23.985201Z"}}