CVE-2020-28650
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to...
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
- Record
CVE-2020-28650- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21048
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21048- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3w63-x258-gcc6 No score
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to...
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
- Record
GHSA-3w63-x258-gcc6- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
- Record
CVE-2020-28650- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28650 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Wpbakery Page Builder, published November 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.70%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.