CVE-2020-12648

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TinyMCE 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script when configured in classic editing mode.

Published: 2020-08-14 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-12648 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). EPSS rose +1.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-12648

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.28% 1.81% +1.53%
2 2026-01-30 0.24% 0.28% +0.04%
3 2025-11-04 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-12648

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-12648

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-12648

GHSA-vrv8-v4w8-f95h · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-12648

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-12648 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tinymce), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 11, needs-triage 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12648

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-12648

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tiny tinymce < 4.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiny tinymce >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-12648

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