CVE-2020-28039

Name
CVE-2020-28039
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.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Third Party Advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
Patch https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
DEBIAN https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* wordpress >= None < 5.5.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status