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WordPress Plugin: kingcomposer: CVE-2020-36709: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

Jul 9, 2020

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

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 in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Solution

kingcomposer-plugin-cve-2020-36709

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36709
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6447de64-b484-4f64-ad78-7df81b5a0ed7?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-24151
CVE-2020-36709
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-36709
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2020-24151

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