CVE-2020-11987

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

13.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2021-02-24 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:14Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2020-04-21

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0c98eb091ede661534404528afbab4f9e4dcdb72be1e6fe21f618119bd51fdca

• xmlgraphics.apache.orghttps://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html
• lists.apache.org[poi-dev] 20210304 [Bug 65166] New: Apache Batik 1.13 vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-11987, CVE-2020-11988)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r588d05a0790b40a0eb81088252e1e8c1efb99706631421f17038eb05%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• lists.apache.org[poi-dev] 20210308 [Bug 65166] Apache Batik 1.13 vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-11987, CVE-2020-11988)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2877ae10e8be56a3c52d03e373512ddd32f16b863f24c2e22f5a5ba2%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-65ff5f10e2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W7EAYO5XIHD6OIEA3HPK64UDDBSLNAC5/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-33a1b73e48https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEDID4DAVPECE6O4QQCSIS75BLLBUUAM/vendor-advisory
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20231014 [SECURITY] [DLA 3619-1] batik security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00021.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202401-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-11vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00006.html