CVE-2020-8771

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8771
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-11 15:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wptimecapsule Wp Time Capsule All All All All
Application Wptimecapsule Wp Time Capsule All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule < 1.21.16 - Authentication Bypass Security Vulnerability MISC wpvulndb.com Third Party Advisory
Critical Auth Bypass Vulnerability In InfiniteWP Client And WP Time Capsule MISC www.webarxsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730806 WordPress Plugin Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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