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high 8.8

CVE-2020-35944 json

An issue was discovered in the PageLayer plugin before 1.1.2 for WordPress.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-23527

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the PageLayer plugin before 1.1.2 for WordPress. The pagelayer_settings_page function is vulnerable to CSRF, which can lead to XSS.

Patch / fix

  • pagelayer pagelayer 1.1.2

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Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-pagelayer-plugin-affect-over-200000-wordpress-sites/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10240 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
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References

Sources

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