VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8771

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability46.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287

Primary references