CVE-2020-36656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Spectra WordPress plugin before 1.15.0 does not sanitize user input as it reaches its style HTML attribute, allowing contributors to conduct stored XSS attacks via the plugin's Gutenberg blocks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Brainstormforce	Spectra

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:spectra:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10f7e892-7a91-4292-b03e-6ad75756488b

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:37.298Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:23:49.229Z

Reserved: 2023-01-24T16:04:09.482Z

Link: CVE-2020-36656

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.559Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:10.460

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:15:41.540

Link: CVE-2020-36656

Redhat

No data.

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