CVE-2020-28037

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 improperly determines whether WordPress is already installed, which might allow an attacker to perform a new installation, leading to remote code execution (as well as a denial of service for the old installation).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-28037
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-11-02T21:15:30
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-28T18:24:28
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-754 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5.2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/2ca15d1e5ce70493c5c0c096ca0c76503d6da07c Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10450 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28037
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28037
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:25:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 15:58:35 2020-11-02T21:15Z 2020-11-02T21:15:30 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 15:58:35 2022-04-28T18:24:28 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 15:58:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated