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CVE-2020-13640

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.)

Affected products

• gVectors wpDiscuz: through 5.3.5

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
• https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
• https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/

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