CVE-2020-8771

CRITICAL NUCLEI

Time Capsule <1.21.16 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

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.

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WordPress Time Capsule < 1.21.16 - Authentication Bypass
CRITICALby princechaddha

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.8915
EPSS Percentile 99.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
wptimecapsule/wp_time_capsule < 1.21.16
Published Feb 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026