Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-28039

Title: Arbitrary file deletion via meta key

Arbitrary File Deletion

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-28039.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 02, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-28039: is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.

Impacted Vendors

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wordpress 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.1
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:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-28039 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:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.