CVE-2020-4050

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).

• CVE ID
• CVE-2020-4050

• Assigner
• security-advisories@github.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2020-06-12T16:15:10

• Last Modified Date
• 2023-02-27T18:20:21

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• SINGLE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 6

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 6.8

• Impact Score
• 6.4

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 3.1

• Base Severity
• LOW

• Exploitability Score
• 1.6

• Impact Score
• 1.4