What is CVE-2020-12708?

CVE-2020-12708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-12708?

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

Is CVE-2020-12708 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Php-Fusion

CVE-2020-12708

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat_id parameter to downloads/downloads.php or article.php. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2012-6043.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Php-fusion — versions 9.03.50
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12708?: CVE-2020-12708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-12708?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12708 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.