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CVE-2020-36769: Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin <= 1.5.3 - Unauthorized Widget Import to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the wp_ajax_import_widget_dataparameter AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• kevinlangleyjr Widget Settings Importer/Exporter: through 1.5.3

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/unpatched-high-severity-vulnerability-in-widget-settings-importer-exporter-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e14f0fc6-fca4-4dd7-8f7b-ed5ed535c9af?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/unpatched-high-severity-vulnerability-in-widget-settings-importer-exporter-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e14f0fc6-fca4-4dd7-8f7b-ed5ed535c9af?source=cve

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