CVE-2018-20151

published 2018-12-14

CVE-2018-20151: 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…

Priority P3 44 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

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.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 5.0.1+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 5.0.1+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	< 4.9.9	4.9.9
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.0.1+dfsg1-1	5.0.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.0.1+dfsg1-1	5.0.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.0.1+dfsg1-1	5.0.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.0.1+dfsg1-1	5.0.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 5.0 < 5.0.1	5.0.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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