CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-36701
High (8.8) in king-theme page builder king composer. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The Page Builder: KingComposer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.9.3 via the 'process_bulk_action' function in the 'kingcomposer/includes/kc.extensions.php' file. This makes it possible for authenticated users with author level permissions and above to upload arbitrary files onto the server which can be used to execute code on the server.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-434
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- king-theme:page_builder_king_composer
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-kingcomposer-page-builder-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2320014%40kingcomposer&new=2320014%40kingcomposer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/kingcomposer/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45a62dd0-386c-41b3-b8dd-ced443da9f92?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-kingcomposer-page-builder-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/