CVE-2020-37225

Description

Powie's WHOIS Domain Check 0.9.31 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by exploiting unsanitized input fields in plugin settings. Attackers can submit malicious payloads through textarea and input elements in the pwhois_settings.php configuration page to execute JavaScript in the admin context and escalate privileges.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

medium

CVSS score

6.4 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Effective score

6.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2020-37225

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-13 16:16:34 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-13 17:07:21 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

6.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability subscore

3.1 / 10

Impact subscore

2.7 / 10

EPSS score

0.0004 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

11.00% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-79 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2020-31226

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 13, 2026, 2:22:35 PM

Updated

May 24, 2026, 1:36:55 AM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

5.1 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0400

Vendors

Powie

Products

WHOIS Domain Check (0.9.31)

ENISA description: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check 0.9.31 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by exploiting unsanitized input fields in plugin settings. Attackers can submit malicious payloads through textarea and input elements in the pwhois_settings.php configuration page to execute JavaScript in the admin context and escalate privileges.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (8)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://blog.haao.sh tenable:blog.haao.sh
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37225 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://powie.de tenable:powie.de
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/powies-whois/ tenable:wordpress.org
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37225 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48656 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/powie-s-whois-domain-check-persistent-cross-site-scripting tenable:www.vulncheck.com

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