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CVE-2020-11027

Published: Apr 30, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.1

MEDIUM

Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

VendorProductVersions

WordPress

WordPress

affected
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1
affected
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3
affected
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6
affected
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5
affected
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9

+13 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-672

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

DSA-4677
vendor-advisory

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