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CVE-2020-36724: Wordable <= 3.1.1 - Authentication Bypass

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the use of a user supplied hashing algorithm passed to the hash_hmac() function and the use of a loose comparison on the hash which allows an attacker to trick the function into thinking it has a valid hash. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

Affected products

• Wordable: through 3.1.1

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be1ab218-37bd-407a-8cb9-66f761849c21?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be1ab218-37bd-407a-8cb9-66f761849c21?source=cve

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