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Async JavaScript <= 2.19.07.14 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2020-36854Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.20.02.27Update to 2.20.02.27 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium6.4
CVSS
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Async JavaScript async-javascript

  1. Affected< 2.20.02.27
  2. Patched in2.20.02.27

Update to 2.20.02.27 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.20.02.27. Version 2.20.02.27 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Async JavaScript.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.20.02.27, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Async JavaScript to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Mikey Veenstra.

The Async JavaScript plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.19.07.14. This is due to missing authorization checks on the aj_steps AJAX aciton along with a lack on sanitization on the settings saved via the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber level permissions and above to inject malicious web scripts into a page that execute whenever a user accesses that page.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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All 2
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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.20.12.09Update to 2.21.06.29
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.4

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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