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WordPress Plugin: visualcomposer: CVE-2020-36722: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 18, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 26.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Solution

visualcomposer-plugin-cve-2020-36722
Title
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