What is CVE-2020-12273?

CVE-2020-12273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Testlink, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-12273?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Testlink

CVE-2020-12273

In TestLink 1.9.20, a crafted login.php viewer parameter exposes cleartext credentials.

Published 2020-04-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Testlink — versions 1.9.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

mantis.testlink.org/view.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/TestLinkOpenSourceTRMS/testlink-code/commit/72271ef057e6e4a95c612897… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12273?: CVE-2020-12273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Testlink, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-12273?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.