Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-28035

Title: Privilege escalation via XML-RPC

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-28035.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 02, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-28035: WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.

Impacted Vendors

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wordpress 1

Reference Links

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/ https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/ https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-28035 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.