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High · 8.8 Public exploit CVE-2020-36842 EUVD-2020-30794GHSA-6636-f7qc-6vpx

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

Published Oct 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: wpvividplugins Product: WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging Category: Web / CMS

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging ≤ 0.9.35 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Nxploited/CVE-2020-36842 ★ 0 · Mar 4, 2025

    Published: 2024-10-16 | Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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