CVE-2020-36176

7.5 highEPSS 1.3%

High (7.5) in ithemes ithemes security. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) plugin before 7.7.0 for WordPress does not enforce a new-password requirement for an existing account until the second login occurs.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2021-01-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ithemes:ithemes_security

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers

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