CVE-2020-28033

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.58% (85th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

WordPress before 5.5.2 mishandles embeds from disabled sites on a multisite network, as demonstrated by allowing a spam embed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-wordpress-2020-280332024-03-06vendor · osvUS
WordPress before 5.5.2 mishandles embeds from disabled sites on a multisite network, as demonstrated by allowing a spam embed.
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-280332024-03-06vendor · osvUS
WordPress before 5.5.2 mishandles embeds from disabled sites on a multisite network, as demonstrated by allowing a spam embed.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2020-11-02modified 2026-06-17

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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