CVE detail

CVE-2020-36838 — CVE-2020-36838

Published 2024-10-16 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.4

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0035

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

28.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

The Facebook Chat Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_update_options function in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This flaw makes it possible for low-level authenticated attackers to connect their own Facebook Messenger account to any site running the vulnerable plugin and engage in chats with site visitors on affected sites.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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