VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-13640

A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 14.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 14.55% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-89
Affected: gvectors/wpdiscuz
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 14.5% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.