CVE•Published 2023-06-07•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-36728Tunasite · Adning_advertising
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.
Timeline
Published 2023-06-07
Modified 2026-04-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2020-36728Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/adning-advertising/"Matches any site loading the "adning-advertising" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Tunasite Adning Advertising"All exposed Tunasite Adning Advertising instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Adning Advertising"HTTP body or banner mentions "Adning Advertising" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-36728Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-36728Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2020-36728Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2020-36728GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2020-36728" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.