What is CVE-2020-20627?

CVE-2020-20627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Givewp, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-20627?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-20627 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Givewp

CVE-2020-20627

The includes/gateways/stripe/includes/admin/admin-actions.php in GiveWP plugin through 2.5.9 for WordPress allows unauthenticated settings change.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Givewp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-givewp-plugin/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20627?: CVE-2020-20627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Givewp, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-20627?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-20627 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.