fkie_cve-2020-28037
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2020-11-02 21:15
Modified
2024-11-21 05:22
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 improperly determines whether WordPress is already installed, which might allow an attacker to perform a new installation, leading to remote code execution (as well as a denial of service for the old installation).
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/2ca15d1e5ce70493c5c0c096ca0c76503d6da07cPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10450Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/2ca15d1e5ce70493c5c0c096ca0c76503d6da07cPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10450Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
fedoraproject fedora 31
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
debian debian_linux 10.0


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   cveTags: [],
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   lastModified: "2024-11-21T05:22:15.213",
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