What is CVE-2020-35936?

CVE-2020-35936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins Post Grid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-35936?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-35936 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Pickplugins Post Grid

CVE-2020-35936

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Post Grid plugin before 2.0.73 for WordPress allow remote authenticated attackers to import layouts including JavaScript supplied via a remotely hosted crafted payload in the source parameter via AJAX. The action must be set to post_grid_import_xml_layouts.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-01-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-post-grid-and-t… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35936?: CVE-2020-35936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins Post Grid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-35936?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35936 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.