Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.4.1+dfsg1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-567991
- published 1 May 2020
- disclosed 30 Apr 2020
Introduced: 30 Apr 2020
CVE-2020-11027 Open this link in a new tabHow 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, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. 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).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11027
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51531