CVE-2020-12696
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
- Record
CVE-2020-12696- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
- Record
CVE-2020-12696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4988 No score
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4988- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x6c7-c3v8-xmwc No score
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.
- Record
GHSA-x6c7-c3v8-xmwc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | g-rubert/CVE-2020-12696 | 2020-05-07 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12696 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Iframe Project Iframe, published May 7, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.