CRITICAL
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
Published Oct 31, 2020
9.1
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.11%
Description
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 products
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Configuration 2
OR
- 9.0
- 10.0
Configuration 3
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- 16.04
- 18.04
- 20.04
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
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References (9)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-20530 Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 31, 2020
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Oct 31, 2020
Link CVE-2020-28039
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Red Hat
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