What is CVE-2020-35944?

CVE-2020-35944 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pagelayer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-35944?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-35944 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Pagelayer

CVE-2020-35944

An issue was discovered in the PageLayer plugin before 1.1.2 for WordPress. The pagelayer_settings_page function is vulnerable to CSRF, which can lead to XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pagelayer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35944?: CVE-2020-35944 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pagelayer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-35944?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35944 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.