CVE-2020-28039
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.0%
is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | * | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 20.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
References
github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.0%