PT-2023-11864 · WordPress · Visual Composer

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2023-06-13 · CVE-2020-36722

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual Composer plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 26.0

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser. This enables Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 26.0, update to a version higher than 26.0 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36722

Affected Products

Visual Composer

References · 6

• 🔥 https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-visual-composer-plugin · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36722 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36722 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10229 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c476d9af-9060-4294-874a-86e550253d3b?source=cve · Note
• https://acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-visual-composer-website-builder-multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-26-0 · Note