CVE-2020-36769: Porternovelli Widget Settings Importer/exporter

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the wp_ajax_import_widget_dataparameter AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• Porternovelli Widget Settings Importer/exporter: up to and including 1.5.3

Published 2023-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.