ghsa-4mq7-pxfh-pjjv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:29
Modified
2022-05-14 01:29
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-20151"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-12-14T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine\u0027s web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user\u0027s e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.",
  "id": "GHSA-4mq7-pxfh-pjjv",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:29:39Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:29:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20151"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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