CVE-2020-8771

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.21.15 - Authentication Bypass

criticalAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.21.16

Patched in

1470d

Time to patch

Description

The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.21.16

PublishedJanuary 14, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-time-capsule

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8672fd2-dc7a-4717-9d25-84180ad9b134?source=api-prod

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