Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.21.15 - Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2020-8771
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 14, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher WebARX Security
Description

The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-time-capsule (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.21.16
Patched Version
  • 1.21.16
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