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CVE-2020-13640

critical

Description

A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.)

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6

https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-06-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.12706