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CVE-2020-36721

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36721 describes a vulnerability in the Brilliance, Activello, and Newspaper X WordPress themes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to activate or deactivate installed plugins. This is due to missing capability and security checks in specific plugin activation/deactivation functions. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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
wordpress.org / themes/activello
Product
wordpress.org / themes/brilliance
Product
wordpress.org / themes/newspaper-x
Product
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9e4e989-8e55-4ea7-8f42-9f67cfab1168
Third Party Advisory