CVE-2020-36709
Published: 07 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2020-36709 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in King-Theme Page Builder Kingcomposer. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-24151
Vulnerability details
The Page Builder: KingComposer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via via shortcode in versions before 2.9.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts…
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in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- 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.