CVEs / CVE-2020-13640
CVE-2020-13640: n/a n/a vulnerability
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. (No 7.x versions are affected.)
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 3 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
References
- CVE-2020-13640 on NVD
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/06/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/tags/5.3.6 Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2323200 Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpdiscuz.com/community/news/security-vulnerability-issue-in-5-3-5-please-udate/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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