CVE-2020-13672: Drupal core's sanitization API fails to properly filter cross-site scripting under certain circumstances. Not all sites

medium Affects drupal/core, drupal/drupal. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2021-04-21; advisory modified 2026-09-19.

Drupal core's sanitization API fails to properly filter cross-site scripting under certain circumstances. Not all sites

Package: drupal/core Composer
Affected versions: >= 8.0.0 <8.9.14 or >= 9.0.0 <9.0.12 or >=9.1.0 <9.1.7 or >=7.0.0 and <7.80 or >=8.0.0 and <8.9.14 or >=9.0.0 and <9.0.12 or >=9.1.0 and <9.1.7 or >=8.0.0 and <8.1.0 or >=8.1.0 and <8.2.0 or >=8.2.0 and <8.3.0 or >=8.3.0 and <8.4.0 or >=8.4.0 and <8.5.0 or >=8.5.0 and <8.6.0 or >=8.6.0 and <8.7.0 or >=8.7.0 and <8.8.0 or >=8.8.0 and <8.9.0 or >=8.9.0 and <8.9.14
Fixed in: 8.9.14, 9.0.12, 9.1.7, 7.80
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (52.1th percentile)
Published: 2021-04-21
Source: osv.dev

References

Drupal core Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Package: drupal/drupal Composer
Affected versions: >=7.0.0 and <7.80 or >=8.0.0 and <8.9.14 or >=9.0.0 and <9.0.12 or >=9.1.0 and <9.1.7 or >=8.0.0 and <8.1.0 or >=8.1.0 and <8.2.0 or >=8.2.0 and <8.3.0 or >=8.3.0 and <8.4.0 or >=8.4.0 and <8.5.0 or >=8.5.0 and <8.6.0 or >=8.6.0 and <8.7.0 or >=8.7.0 and <8.8.0 or >=8.8.0 and <8.9.0 or >=8.9.0 and <8.9.14
Fixed in: 7.80, 8.9.14, 9.0.12, 9.1.7
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (52.1th percentile)
Published: 2022-02-12
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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