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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-36728

Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress Directory Traversal File Deletion

Published Jul 7, 2020 · catalog updated Jul 7, 2020 · Adning Advertising plugin for

Patch now

CVE-2020-36728 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adning Advertising plugin for against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Adning Advertising plugin for).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.13%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated adning_advertising · vendor tunasite adning_advertising

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated adning_advertising<= 1.5.5
  • vendor tunasite adning_advertisingversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-36728

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-36728 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adning Advertising plugin for against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 1.5.5. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.13%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 7, 2020 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

  2. Jul 7, 2020 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-36728

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-36728

    30-day exploitation probability 3.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-36728

    The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.