CVE-2020-36842

high-risk
Published 2024-10-16

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.

Do I need to act?

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48.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 51% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wpvivid

References (3)

Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Broken Link https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-in-wpvivid-backup-plugin-can-lead-t...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de1da248-2e03-40fa-899...
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal