CVE-2020-12700 — direct-mail
MEDIUMCVE-2020-12700 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in directmailteam/direct-mail. A fix is available for directmailteam/direct-mail — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Missing Authorization in TYPO3 extension
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-12700 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
directmailteam/direct-mailReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
The direct_mail extension through 5.2.3 for TYPO3 allows Information Disclosure via a newsletter subscriber data Special Query.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | directmailteam/direct-mail | all versions | 5.2.4composer require directmailteam/direct-mail:^5.2.4 |
Affected Products
direct maildkdDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for directmailteam/direct-mail, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update directmailteam/direct-mail to 5.2.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-12700 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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