Medium
Security advisory
phpList before 3.5.3 allows XSS, with resultant privilege elevation, via lists/admin/template.php.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-12639
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
phpList before 3.5.3 allows XSS, with resultant privilege elevation, via lists/admin/template.php.
osv:CVE-2020-12639
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12639",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2020-12639",
"summary": "phpList before 3.5.3 allows XSS, with resultant privilege elevation, via lists/admin/template.php.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-12639",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
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"aliases": [
"BIT-phplist-2020-12639",
"CVE-2020-12639"
],
"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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"repo": "https://github.com/phplist/phplist3",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
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},
{
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}
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"range": [
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},
{
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}
],
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}
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"versions": [
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"3.5.1",
"3.5.0",
"3.4.9",
"3.4.8",
"3.4.7",
"3.4.6",
"3.4.5",
"3.4.4",
"v.3.3.8",
"3.3.6",
"v.3.3.5",
"v3.2.7",
"v3.2.1",
"3.2.0",
"3.2.0-RC1"
],
"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:35.273610735Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3",
"https://www.phplist.org/newslist/phplist-3-5-3-release-notes/"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2020-12639",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 382610,
"published_at": "2020-05-04T14:15:13.373+00:00"
}