CVE-2020-36835 (GCVE-0-2020-36835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:06
VLAI
Title
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
Summary
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure of a WordPress site's database due to missing capability checks on the wp_ajax_wpvivid_add_remote AJAX action that allows low-level authenticated attackers to send back-ups to a remote location of their choice for review. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-16 15:29 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2379 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging Affected: 0 , < 0.9.36 (semver)
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Credits
WebARX Security
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