# CVE-2020-36831: NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.3.17 - Missing Authorization

> Low-privileged users can perform administrative actions due to missing capability checks in the Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4pfx-jfj6-q6ch

## What is CVE-2020-36831?

CVE-2020-36831 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on multiple user privilege/security functions provided in versions up to, and including 4.3.17. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers, like subscribers, to perform restricted actions that would be otherwise locked to a administrative-level user.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36831?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nextscripts Social Networks Auto Poster.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36831?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster

- [CVE-2024-2088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2088/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-37275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37275/): WordPress NextScripts plugin <= 4.4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-49183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49183/): WordPress NextScripts Plugin <= 4.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25072/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.3.25 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-1762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1762/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Agent (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36831 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36831 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36831/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36831
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36831
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36831

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36831/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.