Information Exposure Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.0.1+dfsg1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363222
- published 14 Dec 2018
- disclosed 14 Dec 2018
Introduced: 14 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20151 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 5.0.1+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.
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20151
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20151