CVE-2020-36656
Published: 21 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2020-36656 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Brainstormforce Spectra. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-24102
Vulnerability details
The Spectra WordPress plugin before 1.15.0 does not sanitize user input as it reaches its style HTML attribute, allowing contributors to conduct stored XSS attacks via the plugin's Gutenberg blocks.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.