CVE-2020-12707

MEDIUM

LeptonCMS 4.5.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Event Handler Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-12707. PoCs published by SunCSR.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in LeptonCMS 4.5.0 via the 'content' parameter in the page modification feature. The PoC includes a crafted HTTP POST request with a malicious script payload.

Description

An XSS vulnerability exists in modules/wysiwyg/save.php of LeptonCMS 4.5.0. This can be exploited because the only security measure used against XSS is the stripping of SCRIPT elements. A malicious actor can use HTML event handlers to run JavaScript instead of using SCRIPT elements.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by SunCSR · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48250

This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in LeptonCMS 4.5.0 via the 'content' parameter in the page modification feature. The PoC includes a crafted HTTP POST request with a malicious script payload.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: LeptonCMS 4.5.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to the LeptonCMS backend · Valid session cookies
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 64.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
lepton-cms/lepton_cms 4.5.0
Published May 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026