01 Record
CVE-2020-13640
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-18 14:34Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f344007d79c078ee6016e581c5ae088fdc7d27bcea5b95396ab79150744a30cb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
- wpdiscuz.comhttps://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200706 CVE-2020-13640: WordPress Plugin wpDiscuz <= 5.3.5 SQL injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1