THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-10257
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-10257

Addons vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The ThemeREX Addons plugin before 2020-03-09 for WordPress lacks access control on the /trx_addons/v2/get/sc_layout REST API endpoint, allowing for PHP functions to be executed by any users, because includes/plugin.rest-api.php calls trx_addons_rest_get_sc_layout with an unsafe sc parameter.
Affected vendor
Themerex
Affected product
Addons
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-03-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-10257

  • Confirm whether Themerex Addons is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-10257.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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