CVE-2020-28035

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.25% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.

cvss

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/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-2020-280352024-03-06vendor · osvUS
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-280352024-03-06vendor · osvUS
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.

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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