CVE-2020-8934 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the Site Kit by Google plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.8.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with any user role to obtain the connection key due to insufficient capability checks, potentially granting them owner access to the site in Google Search Console. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 4.3, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, but its impact is limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:site_kit:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.