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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8771

The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 46.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 46.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

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
46.45% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
wptimecapsule/wp time capsule
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.