CVE-2020-13700

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in the acf-to-rest-api plugin through 3.1.0 for WordPress. It allows an insecure direct object reference via permalinks manipulation, as demonstrated by a wp-json/acf/v3/options/ request that reads sensitive information in the wp_options table, such as the login and pass values.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 90.78% Top 5%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/airesvsg/acf-to-rest-api third party advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/acf-to-rest-api/#developers third party advisory release notes
https://gist.github.com/mariuszpoplwski/4fbaab7f271bea99c733e3f2a4bafbb5 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13700?
CVE-2020-13700 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13700?
To fix CVE-2020-13700, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-13700 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-13700 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~91% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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