What is CVE-2020-12742?

CVE-2020-12742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iubenda Iubenda-Cookie-Law-Solution, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-12742?

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

Is CVE-2020-12742 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Iubenda Iubenda-Cookie-Law-Solution

CVE-2020-12742

The iubenda-cookie-law-solution plugin before 2.3.5 for WordPress does not restrict URL sanitization to http protocols.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-05-13 · 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: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Iubenda Iubenda-Cookie-Law-Solution

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/iubenda/iubenda-cookie-class/commit/545e0586320ae6f16204ba548cf533ef… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12742?: CVE-2020-12742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iubenda Iubenda-Cookie-Law-Solution, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-12742?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12742 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.