What is CVE-2020-18972?

CVE-2020-18972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-18972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Podofo Project

CVE-2020-18972

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in PoDoFo v0.9.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via 'IsNextToken' in the component 'src/base/PdfToenizer.cpp'.

Published 2021-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.6% 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

Podofo Project — versions 0.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/49/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-18972?: CVE-2020-18972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-18972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.