PT-2020-5799 · WordPress · Wordpress

Justin Tran · Published 2020-10-15 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-28035

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress versions prior to 5.5.2

Description: The issue is related to a lack of privilege management mechanism in the WordPress content management system. Exploitation of this issue can allow a remote attacker to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 5.5.2, update to version 5.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the XML-RPC functionality until a patch is applied.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-01762

BIT-WORDPRESS-2020-28035

BIT-WORDPRESS-MULTISITE-2020-28035

CVE-2020-28035

DLA-2429-1

DSA-4784-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 23

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4784-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2429-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28035 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-28035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-01762 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28035 · Vendor Advisory