cve-2021-29450
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-15 21:20
Modified
2024-08-03 22:02
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhqThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://wordpress.org/news/category/security/Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhqThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896Third Party Advisory
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