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CVE-2020-28039

Published: 2 November 2020

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
wordpress
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
xenial Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H