CVE-2020-12071
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
- Record
CVE-2020-12071- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
- Record
CVE-2020-12071- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4387 No score
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4387- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6q7r-xj8w-7p6h No score
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
- Record
GHSA-6q7r-xj8w-7p6h- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Anchor 0.12.7 allows admins to cause XSS via crafted post content.
- Record
CVE-2020-12071- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12071 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Anchorcms Anchor, published April 23, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.