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patchstackOmar GanievPATCHSTACK:4961A1CC3971AADF25D3BEAF1E545141
HistoryOct 29, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress <= 5.5.1 - Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

2020-10-2900:00:00
Omar Ganiev
patchstack.com
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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability found by Omar Ganiev in WordPress (versions <= 5.5.1).

Solution

           Update the WordPress to the latest available version (at least 5.5.2).
CPENameOperatorVersion
wordpressle5.5.1

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P