Is CVE-2020-36724 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36724 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36724?

CVE-2020-36724 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36724?

CVE-2020-36724 has an EPSS score of 1.54% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-36724?

No published fix for CVE-2020-36724 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36724

CRITICALEPSS 72th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the use of a user supplied hashing algorithm passed to the hash_hmac() function and the use of a loose comparison on the hash which allows an attacker to trick the function into thinking it has a valid hash. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

CWE-288 CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Exploit1

blog.nintechnet.com

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.