CVE-2020-28650

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Published Nov 16, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-21048	The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.699% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/

History

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Subscriptions

Wpbakery Page Builder

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:40 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 16, 2020, 2:49 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:40 PM
Reserved: Nov 16, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 16, 2020, 4:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM

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