CVE-2020-36708

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

65.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.2% 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.

Published

2023-06-07 01:51Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:55Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-06-06

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

28c0e78957c5531d4741dc551aa40b7d40a1168fca1806ae51eb81b53abc37e4

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b75c322-539d-44e9-8f26-5ff929874b67?source=cve
• blog.nintechnet.comhttps://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-fixed-in-15-wordpress-themes/
• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/large-scale-attacks-target-epsilon-framework-themes/
• blog.nintechnet.comhttps://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-sparkling-theme/
• wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bec52a5b-c892-4763-a962-05da7100eca5