CVE-2020-36730 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the CMP for WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 3.8.1. This critical flaw (CVSS 9.3) allows unauthenticated attackers to read posts, export subscriber lists, or even deactivate the plugin due to missing capability checks. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niteothemes:cmp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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.