WordPress Core < 5.8.1 — LoDash Update
CVE-2020-8203Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <5.8.1Update to 5.4.7 or 5.5.6 or 5.6.5 or 5.7.3 or 5.8.1 or newer
Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.
All remediation stepsOn this page3
Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2020-8203
- Product
- WordPress wordpress
- Affected
- <5.8.1
- Fixed in
- 5.4.7, 5.5.6, 5.6.5, 5.7.3, 5.8.1
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Published
- · updated
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected< 5.8.1
- Patched in5.4.7 / 5.5.6 / 5.6.5 / 5.7.3 / 5.8.1
Update to 5.4.7 / 5.5.6 / 5.6.5 / 5.7.3 / 5.8.1 or newer.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
WordPress Core is vulnerable to prototype pollution in various versions less than 5.8.1 due to a vulnerability in the LoDash component which is identified as CVE-2020-8203.
Not sure which version you run? Run a passive check — it reads public files only.
Remediation & mitigations
- Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 5.4.7, 5.5.6, 5.6.5, 5.7.3, 5.8.1
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block | CVE-2026-18742 | |
| High7.1 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20VulnCrest analysis | CVE-2026-124969 | |
| Critical9.8 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field | CVE-2026-126173 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block
Flatsome
≤3.20.12Update to 3.20.13
- High7.1VulnCrest analysisUnauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename
Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization
≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20
- Critical9.8Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field
AutomatorWP Webhooks
≤1.4.4Update to 1.4.5
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup
≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.1
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.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.