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CVE-2020-11027

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

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).

How to fix

Remediation Available
wordpressDebian
Fixed in:5.4.1+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-11027
Fixed in:5.4.1+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-11027
Fixed in:5.4.1+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-11027
Fixed in:5.4.1+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-11027

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

13.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Other references1

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