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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-36831

NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress Multiple User privilege/security Functions Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2024 · NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress

Patch now

CVE-2020-36831 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.50%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress · vendor NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on multiple user privilege/security functions provided in versions up to, and including 4.3.17. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers, like subscribers, to perform restricted actions that would be otherwise locked to a administrative-level user.

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  • stated NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress<= 4.3.17
  • vendor NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPressversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-36831

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-36831 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress 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 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress <= 4.3.17. 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 0.50%. 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. Oct 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on multiple user privilege/security functions provided in versions up to, and including 4.3.17. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers, like subscribers, to perform restricted actions that would be otherwise locked to a administrative-level user.

  2. Oct 15, 2024 · 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-2020-36831

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-36831

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-36831

    The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on multiple user privilege/security functions provided in versions up to, and including 4.3.17. This makes it possible for low-privileged attac

    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.