What is CVE-2020-8799?

CVE-2020-8799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtechideas Wti Like Post, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-8799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-8799 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webtechideas Wti Like Post

CVE-2020-8799

A Stored XSS vulnerability has been found in the administration page of the WTI Like Post plugin through 1.4.5 for WordPress. Once the administrator has submitted the data, the script stored is executed for all the users visiting the website.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webtechideas Wti Like Post

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/wti-like-post/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10210 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8799?: CVE-2020-8799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtechideas Wti Like Post, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-8799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8799 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.