Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.4.1+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.27% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-567978
  • published 1 May 2020
  • disclosed 30 Apr 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 5.4.1+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 affected versions of WordPress, some private posts, which were previously public, can result in unauthenticated disclosure under a specific set of conditions. 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).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high