What is CVE-2020-12685?

CVE-2020-12685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Interchange, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-12685?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Interchange

CVE-2020-12685

XSS in the admin help system admin/help.html and admin/quicklinks.html in Interchange 4.7.0 through 5.11.x allows remote attackers to steal credentials or data via browser JavaScript.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% 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

Red Hat Interchange

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.interchangecommerce.org (Product)
www.interchangecommerce.org/i/dev/news (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12685?: CVE-2020-12685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Interchange, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-12685?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.