CVE-2020-8771

9.8 criticalEPSS 46%

Critical (9.8) in wptimecapsule wp time capsule. EPSS 46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2020-02-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wptimecapsule:wp_time_capsule

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010
https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010
https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/

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