High severity · published Apr 30, 2020
CVE-2020-11027
In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password
8.1
CVSS
13.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
3.7 before 3.7.33; 3.8 before 3.8.33; 3.9 before 3.9.31; 4.0 before 4.0.30; 4.1 before 4.1.30; 4.2 before 4.2.27; +12 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11027
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11027
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
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