Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8772
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 87.7% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)87.7%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Nuclei
Official description
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10011 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/ x_refsource_MISC