CVE-2020-28035 — Improper Privilege Management in Wordpress

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management7 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
6.6%
top 8.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 5.5.3+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDwordpress/wordpress< 5.5.2
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 5.5.3+dfsg1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 31, 32, 33

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-94cf-q7rf-65xg: WordPress before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-28035: WordPress before 5↗2020-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-28035: wordpress - WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC.↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-28035 wordpress: XML-RPC privilege escalation [epel-all]↗2020-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-28035 wordpress: XML-RPC privilege escalation↗2020-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-28035 wordpress: XML-RPC privilege escalation [fedora-all]↗2020-11-05
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