CVE-2020-36696
The Product Input Fields for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the handle_downloads() function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Product Input Fields for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the handle_downloads() function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download files from the vulnerable service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-285, CWE-862
- Affected
- tychesoftwares/product input fields for woocommerce
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 1.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/high-severity-vulnerability-fixed-in-product-input-fields-for-woocommerce/Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2349889%40product-input-fields-for-woocommerce&new=2349889%40product-input-fields-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15f345e6-fc53-4bac-bc5a-de898181ea74Exploit
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01e41573-9329-48e1-9191-e8e1532f7afc?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/high-severity-vulnerability-fixed-in-product-input-fields-for-woocommerce/Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2349889%40product-input-fields-for-woocommerce&new=2349889%40product-input-fields-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15f345e6-fc53-4bac-bc5a-de898181ea74Exploit
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01e41573-9329-48e1-9191-e8e1532f7afc?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.