CVE-2020-13666

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Drupal Core. Drupal AJAX API does not disable JSONP by default, allowing for an XSS attack. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 7.x versions prior to 7.73; 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.10; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.6; 9.0.x versions prior to 9.0.6.

Published: 2021-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-13666 is rated Moderate Risk (56.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.93%). EPSS rose +2.41% 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-2020-13666

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 0.51% 2.93% +2.41%
2 2025-12-28 0.34% 0.51% +0.18%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-13666

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-2020-13666

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-13666

GHSA-8jj2-x2gc-ggm7 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Drupal Core Cross-site scripting vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-13666

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2020-13666: 1 source package rows (drupal7); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-13666
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-13666 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (drupal7), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 13, needed 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13666

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-13666

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drupal drupal >= 7.0, < 7.73 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal >= 8.8.0, < 8.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-13666

URL Tags
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-007 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence