CVE-2020-36722

medium

Description

The Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 26.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c476d9af-9060-4294-874a-86e550253d3b?source=cve

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10229

https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-visual-composer-website-builder-multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-26-0/

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-visual-composer-plugin/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0008