CVE-2020-36705 describes a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.5.5. This flaw stems from a lack of file type validation in the _ning_upload_image function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability presents a significant risk of remote code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist, and the lack of community discussion or media coverage is typical for most CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tunasite:adning_advertising:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.