What is CVE-2020-24712?

CVE-2020-24712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getgophish Gophish, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-24712?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Getgophish Gophish

CVE-2020-24712

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gophish before 0.11.0 via the IMAP Host field on the account settings page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Getgophish Gophish

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0050/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/gophish/gophish/commit/4e9b94b641755f359542b246cc0c555fa3bc6715 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/gophish/gophish/releases/tag/v0.11.0 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24712?: CVE-2020-24712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getgophish Gophish, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-24712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.