CVE-2020-11056
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Sprout Forms before 3.9.0, there is a potential Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability when using custom fields in Notification Emails which could lead to the execution of Twig code. This has been fixed in 3.9.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn Sprout Forms before version 3.9.0, custom form field values used in notification emails are not properly sanitized before being rendered in Twig templates, allowing an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary Twig code through form submissions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 3.9.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Sprout Forms installation and versionCheck the composer.json file in the project/vendor/barrelstrength directory, or look in the Craft CMS control panel under Plugins > Sprout Forms to view the installed version numberAffected if The installed version is below 3.9.0 (e.g., 3.8.x, 3.7.x, etc.)
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Locate notification email settingsIn Craft CMS, navigate to Sprout Forms > Settings > Email Notifications, or check the plugin configuration files for any defined notification email templatesAffected if Notification email notifications are configured and enabled for any form
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Identify custom field usage in notificationsExamine the notification email templates or dynamic field mappings to see if custom form fields (fields added to forms beyond default fields) are being inserted into email subject lines, bodies, or recipient fields using Twig syntaxAffected if Custom form fields are referenced in notification email templates using Twig variable syntax such as {{ fieldHandle }} or similar dynamic placeholders
A user is affected if Sprout Forms version is below 3.9.0 AND notification emails are configured to include custom form field values rendered through Twig templates.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.9.0
Upgrade Sprout Forms to version 3.9.0 or later. Additionally, review and sanitize any existing notification email templates that incorporate custom field data.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-11056 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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