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CVE-2020-36708

74
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36708 is a critical function injection vulnerability affecting numerous WordPress themes developed by colorlib, cpothemes, and machothemes, including popular ones like Shapely and Sparkling, in versions up to 2.4.8. This flaw, stemming from the epsilon_framework_ajax_action, allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise potential (C, I, A: High). While not currently listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a Nuclei template exists for detection, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 underscores its severe threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:activello:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:bonkers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:illdy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:newspaper_x:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 2.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:pixova_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
65.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2020-36708 · Aug 19, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6534 is in the 97th 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

blog.nintechnet.com / unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-fixed-in-15-wordpress-themes
ExploitThird Party Advisory
blog.nintechnet.com / unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-sparkling-theme
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/bec52a5b-c892-4763-a962-05da7100eca5
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / blog/2020/11/large-scale-attacks-target-epsilon-framework-themes
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b75c322-539d-44e9-8f26-5ff929874b67
Third Party Advisory