High severity · published May 28, 2020
CVE-2020-13642
An issue was discovered in the SiteOrigin Page Builder plugin before 2.10.16 for WordPress
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the SiteOrigin Page Builder plugin before 2.10.16 for WordPress. The action_builder_content function did not do any nonce verification, allowing for requests to be forged on behalf of an administrator. The panels_data $_POST variable allows for malicious JavaScript to be executed in the victim's browser.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PB
Page Builder · Siteorigin
before 2.10.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13642
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13642
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/#developers
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/vulnerabilities-patched-in-page-builder-by-siteorigin-affects-over-1-million-sites/
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