What is CVE-2020-12104?

CVE-2020-12104 is a high-severity vulnerability in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-12104?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-12104 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search

CVE-2020-12104

The Import feature in the wp-advanced-search plugin 3.3.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via an uploaded .sql file. An attacker can use this to execute SQL commands without any validation.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2020-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-advanced-search/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10199 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12104?: CVE-2020-12104 is a high-severity vulnerability in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-12104?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12104 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.