CVE-2020-36842

HIGH EXPLOITED

WPvivid <0.9.35 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC

by Nxploited · remote-auth

https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2020-36842

View Code ZIP pw:eip

github WORKING POC

by Boshe99 · pythonpoc

https://github.com/Boshe99/CVE-Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2020-36842

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (3)

[Patch] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2261665%40wpvivid-backuprestore%2Ftrunk&old=2252870%40wpvivid-backuprestore%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

[Broken Link] https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-in-wpvivid-backup-plugin-can-lead-to-database-leak/?fbclid=IwAR3Ve74ZIvmx-aC0OssIWYwcWEjGq6yU16DcyVGHD1XUT3uYaZ3QyVu_Eos&utm_content=buffer4435b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de1da248-2e03-40fa-8997-7176dc06abc9?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.4522

EPSS Percentile 97.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

VulnCheck KEV 2024-10-15

Classification

CWE

CWE-434

Status published

Affected Products (1)

wpvivid/migration\,_backup\,_staging < 0.9.35

Timeline

Published Oct 16, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026