Is CVE-2020-8417 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-8417 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-8417?

CVE-2020-8417 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-8417?

CVE-2020-8417 has an EPSS score of 11.91% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8417?

Upgrade code snippets to 2.14.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-8417

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

code snippetsNVD

Affected:< 2.14.0Fixed in:2.14.0CVE-2020-8417derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

11.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpvulndb.com

Vendor Advisory1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-6277	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2014-0054	Medium	6.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-6429	Medium	6.8	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-41622	High	8.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2018-7700	High	8.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-2295	Medium	6.8	66%	-	-

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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 2024-11-21.