What is CVE-2020-12697?

CVE-2020-12697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dkd Direct Mail, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-12697?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Dkd Direct Mail

CVE-2020-12697

The direct_mail extension through 5.2.3 for TYPO3 allows Denial of Service via log entries.

Published 2020-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Dkd Direct Mail

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

typo3.org/help/security-advisories (Vendor Advisory)
typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2020-005 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12697?: CVE-2020-12697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dkd Direct Mail, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-12697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.