CVE-2020-36842
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 66
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1210Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 % - Impacto principal
T1505.003Web Shellpersistence90 % - Impacto secundario
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 %
Acceso remoto con privilegios bajos (PR:L) sin interacción del usuario permite subir archivos ZIP que se extraen, generando web shell y potencial escalada de privilegios en WordPress.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-434
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2261665%40wpvivid-backuprestore%2Ftrunk&old=2252870%40wpvivid-backuprestore%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-in-wpvivid-backup-plugin-can-lead-to-database-leak/?fbclid=IwAR3Ve74ZIvmx-aC0OssIWYwcWEjGq6yU16DcyVGHD1XUT3uYaZ3QyVu_Eos&utm_content=buffer4435b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de1da248-2e03-40fa-8997-7176dc06abc9?source=cve
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