VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28650
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wpbakery/page builder
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.