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CVE-2020-12696

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The iframe plugin before 4.5 for WordPress does not sanitize a URL.

Affected products

• webvitaly iframe: before 4.5 — fixed in 4.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: webvitaly iframe 4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://guilhermerubert.com/blog/cve-2020-12696/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/#developers
• https://guilhermerubert.com/blog/cve-2020-12696/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/#developers

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