Exploitation Summary
CVE-2020-8771 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
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.
Nuclei Templates (1)
WordPress Time Capsule < 1.21.16 - Authentication Bypass
CRITICALby princechaddha
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.4645
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
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