9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-13640
WordPress wpDiscuz SQL Injection Vulnerability
Description

A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.)

INFO

Published Date :

June 18, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-13640 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-13640 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gvectors wpdiscuz
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-13640.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6 Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200 Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6 Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200 Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/ Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 weeks ago
86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.

CVE-2020-13640 - SQL injection in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin <= 5.3.5

Python

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 5, 2020, 8:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-13640 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-13640 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200
    Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
    Added Reference https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/ No Types Assigned https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-89
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3.5
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.) A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-13640 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.07%

score

0.64455

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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