CVE-2020-8772
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in...
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
- Record
CVE-2020-8772- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
- Record
CVE-2020-8772- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29620 No score
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29620- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv57-f2gm-36vc No score
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in...
The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.
- Record
GHSA-wv57-f2gm-36vc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | WordPress InfiniteWP Client Authentication Bypass | 2020-01-14 |
| Nuclei | WordPress InfiniteWP <1.9.4.5 - Authorization Bypass |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8772 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Revmakx Infinitewp Client, published February 6, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.