Xeroneit Library Management System up to 3.1 Book Category Feature Category Name cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Xeroneit Library Management System up to 3.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Book Category Feature. Performing a manipulation of the argument Category Name results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-36954. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xeroneit Library Management System up to 3.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Book Category Feature. The manipulation of the argument Category Name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Xeroneit Library Management System 3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Book Category feature that allows administrators to inject malicious scripts. Attackers can insert a payload in the Category Name field to execute arbitrary JavaScript code when the page is loaded.

The weakness was published by Kislay Kumar as 49292. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-36954 since 01/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (49292) and EUVD (EUVD-2020-30848). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

01/26/2026 CVE reserved
01/27/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
01/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 49292
Researcher: Kislay Kumar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-36954 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-342915
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2026 02:13
Updated: 01/27/2026 22:32
Changes: 01/27/2026 02:13 (82), 01/27/2026 22:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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