CVE-2012-20004

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 18.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-20 20:31Z8 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-23 02:04Z6 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-10-14

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e6de143a5186d1f9b0240a0eb20b54a5cc3cffe0fff8edbacd1d5d0868bfb8be

• www.exploit-db.comEDB-37484https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484exploit
• web.archive.orgBID 54330 (archived)http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/infotechnical-description
• www.acunetix.comAcunetix Advisoryhttps://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0third-party-advisory
• github.comNuclei Templatehttps://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yamltechnical-description
• wordpress.orgWordPress Download Pagehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/product
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: K-news WordPress Plugin < 1.1.1 Reflected XSS via fontpicker index.php ff Parameterhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameterthird-party-advisory