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CVE-2020-10257

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10257 describes a critical access control vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 2020-03-09. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP functions via the /trx_addons/v2/get/sc_layout REST API endpoint due to an unsafe 'sc' parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), successful exploitation grants full control over the affected system, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public Nuclei templates exist for exploitation, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.70.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themerex:addons:1.70.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themerex:ozeum-museum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themerex:chit_club-board_games:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
1.6.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themerex:addons:1.6.67:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themerex:yottis-simple_portfolio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2020-10257 · Oct 18, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0888 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordfence.com / blog/2020/03/zero-day-vulnerability-in-themerex-addons-now-patched
ExploitThird Party Advisory