CVE-2020-28039 Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.5.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563555
  • published31 Oct 2020
  • disclosed2 Nov 2020

Introduced: 31 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-28039  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 5.5.3+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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