CVE-2020-36713 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the MStore API plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.1.5. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to create or delete administrator accounts and escalate privileges due to unrestricted access to key user management routes. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise of affected WordPress sites. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inspireui:mstore_api:*:*:*:*:*: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
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