CVE-2020-28039

Summary

CVECVE-2020-28039
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-02 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
Descriptionis_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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2429-1] wordpress security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4784-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
WordPress < 5.5.2 - Protected Meta That Could Lead to Arbitrary File Deletion Security Vulnerability MISC wpscan.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
News – WordPress 5.5.2 Security and Maintenance Release – WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Meta: Sanitize meta key before checking protection status. · WordPress/wordpress-develop@d5ddd6d · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: wordpress-5.5.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730084 WordPress Prior to 5.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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