CVE-2020-8771
The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass.
Does this matter?
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- wptimecapsule/wp time capsule
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 46.5% 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
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010Third Party Advisory
- https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010Third Party Advisory
- https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.