CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in WordPress (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Meta Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
In affected versions of WordPress, misuse of the `set-screen-option` filter's return value allows arbitrary user meta fields to be saved. It does require an admin to install a plugin that would misuse the filter. Once installed, it can be leveraged by low privileged users. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).
The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2020 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-4050 since 12/30/2019. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading to version 3.7.34, 3.8.34, 3.9.32, 4.0.31, 4.1.31, 4.2.28, 4.3.24, 4.4.23, 4.5.22, 4.6.19, 4.7.18, 4.8.14, 4.9.15, 5.0.10, 5.1.6, 5.2.7, 5.3.4 or 5.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Name
Version
- 3.7.0
- 3.7.1
- 3.7.2
- 3.7.3
- 3.7.4
- 3.7.5
- 3.7.6
- 3.7.7
- 3.7.8
- 3.7.9
- 3.7.10
- 3.7.11
- 3.7.12
- 3.7.13
- 3.7.14
- 3.7.15
- 3.7.16
- 3.7.17
- 3.7.18
- 3.7.19
- 3.7.20
- 3.7.21
- 3.7.22
- 3.7.23
- 3.7.24
- 3.7.25
- 3.7.26
- 3.7.27
- 3.7.28
- 3.7.29
- 3.7.30
- 3.7.31
- 3.7.32
- 3.7.33
- 3.8.0
- 3.8.1
- 3.8.2
- 3.8.3
- 3.8.4
- 3.8.5
- 3.8.6
- 3.8.7
- 3.8.8
- 3.8.9
- 3.8.10
- 3.8.11
- 3.8.12
- 3.8.13
- 3.8.14
- 3.8.15
- 3.8.16
- 3.8.17
- 3.8.18
- 3.8.19
- 3.8.20
- 3.8.21
- 3.8.22
- 3.8.23
- 3.8.24
- 3.8.25
- 3.8.26
- 3.8.27
- 3.8.28
- 3.8.29
- 3.8.30
- 3.8.31
- 3.8.32
- 3.8.33
- 3.9.0
- 3.9.1
- 3.9.2
- 3.9.3
- 3.9.4
- 3.9.5
- 3.9.6
- 3.9.7
- 3.9.8
- 3.9.9
- 3.9.10
- 3.9.11
- 3.9.12
- 3.9.13
- 3.9.14
- 3.9.15
- 3.9.16
- 3.9.17
- 3.9.18
- 3.9.19
- 3.9.20
- 3.9.21
- 3.9.22
- 3.9.23
- 3.9.24
- 3.9.25
- 3.9.26
- 3.9.27
- 3.9.28
- 3.9.29
- 3.9.30
- 3.9.31
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.19
- 4.0.20
- 4.0.21
- 4.0.22
- 4.0.23
- 4.0.24
- 4.0.25
- 4.0.26
- 4.0.27
- 4.0.28
- 4.0.29
- 4.0.30
- 4.1
- 4.1 Beta1
- 4.1 Beta2
- 4.1 rc1
- 4.1 rc2
- 4.1 rc3
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.8
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.10
- 4.1.11
- 4.1.12
- 4.1.13
- 4.1.14
- 4.1.15
- 4.1.16
- 4.1.17
- 4.1.18
- 4.1.19
- 4.1.20
- 4.1.21
- 4.2
- 4.2 Beta1
- 4.2 Beta2
- 4.2 Beta3
- 4.2 Beta4
- 4.2 rc1
- 4.2 rc2
- 4.2 rc3
- 4.2 rc4
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.4 rc1
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.6
- 4.2.7
- 4.2.8
- 4.2.9
- 4.2.10
- 4.2.11
- 4.2.12
- 4.2.13
- 4.2.14
- 4.2.15
- 4.2.16
- 4.2.17
- 4.2.18
- 4.3
- 4.3 Beta1
- 4.3 Beta2
- 4.3 Beta3
- 4.3 Beta4
- 4.3 rc1
- 4.3 rc2
- 4.3 rc3
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.3.6
- 4.3.7
- 4.3.8
- 4.3.9
- 4.3.10
- 4.3.11
- 4.3.12
- 4.3.13
- 4.3.14
- 4.4
- 4.4 Beta1
- 4.4 Beta2
- 4.4 Beta3
- 4.4 Beta4
- 4.4 rc1
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 4.4.5
- 4.4.6
- 4.4.7
- 4.4.8
- 4.4.9
- 4.4.10
- 4.4.11
- 4.4.12
- 4.4.13
- 4.5
- 4.5 Beta1
- 4.5 Beta2
- 4.5 Beta3
- 4.5 Beta4
- 4.5 rc1
- 4.5 rc2
- 4.5 rc3
- 4.5.1
- 4.5.1 rc1
- 4.5.1 rc2
- 4.5.2
- 4.5.3
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.5
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.7
- 4.5.8
- 4.5.9
- 4.5.10
- 4.5.11
- 4.5.12
- 4.6.09
- 4.7.08
- 4.8.04
- 4.9.05
- 5.0
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.5
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.2
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.4
- 5.2.5
- 5.2.6
- 5.3.0
- 5.3.1
- 5.3.2
- 5.3.3
- 5.4.0
- 5.4.1
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 3.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
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Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
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unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Authentication bypassCWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: WordPress 3.7.34/3.8.34/3.9.32/4.0.31/4.1.31/4.2.28/4.3.24/4.4.23/4.5.22/4.6.19/4.7.18/4.8.14/4.9.15/5.0.10/5.1.6/5.2.7/5.3.4/5.4.2
Timeline
12/30/2019 🔍06/12/2020 🔍
06/13/2020 🔍
10/24/2020 🔍
Sources
Product: wordpress.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2020-4050 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 06/13/2020 07:42Updated: 10/24/2020 13:14
Changes: 06/13/2020 07:42 (39), 06/13/2020 07:47 (12), 10/24/2020 13:05 (1), 10/24/2020 13:14 (1)
Complete: 🔍
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