Cross-site Scripting in PrimeFaces

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2020-10544 · GHSA-fw5f-7c6c-3vmv · Published 13/03/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-10544 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting org.primefaces:primefaces, primefaces (primetek), primefaces.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.83%, higher than 57.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 8.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.primefaces:primefaces Maven	`< 8.0`	`8.0`
primefaces primetek	`= 7.0.11`	No fix yet
primefaces npm	`< 8.0`	`8.0`

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in tooltip/tooltip.js in PrimeTek PrimeFaces 7.0.11. In a web application using PrimeFaces, an attacker can provide JavaScript code in an input field whose data is later used as a tooltip title without any input validation.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10544 · ADVISORY
primefaces/primefaces · WEB
primefaces/primefaces commit 9982c4f · WEB
primefaces/primefaces · PACKAGE

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