CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-36724
The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the use of a user supplied hashing algorithm passed to the hash_hmac() function and the use of a loose comparison on the hash which allows an attacker to trick the function into thinking it has a valid hash. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-288, CWE-306
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wordable:wordable
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be1ab218-37bd-407a-8cb9-66f761849c21?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.php