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CVE-2020-24186

93
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-24186 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting versions 7.0 through 7.0.4 of the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including malicious PHP scripts, via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit modules for Metasploit and Nuclei, along with entries in ExploitDB, confirm readily available exploit code, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, <= 7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
94.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WordPress wpDiscuz Unauthenticated File Upload Vulnerability · Feb 21, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-24186 · Feb 28, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-49967 · Jun 8, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9454 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162983/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/163012/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/163302/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
wordfence.com / blog/2020/07/critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-patched-in-wpdiscuz-plugin
ExploitThird Party Advisory