CVE-2020-28650 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.

Published: 2020-11-16

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-21048	The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00691.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/

History

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Subscriptions

Wpbakery Page Builder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-11-16T02:49:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:40:59.962Z

Reserved: 2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28650

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-16T04:15:12.667

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:10:41.233

Link: CVE-2020-28650

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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