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Improper Input Validation Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.5.3+dfsg1-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.42% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-1027283
  • published 31 Oct 2020
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2020
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Introduced: 31 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-28037 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 improperly determines whether WordPress is already installed, which might allow an attacker to perform a new installation, leading to remote code execution (as well as a denial of service for the old installation).

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical