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CVE-2020-28037

mitre — is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 improperly determines whether WordPress is already installed, wh…

EPSS 8%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
48
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 94.8.948 × 2019.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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).

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refwordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-releaserefgithub.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/2ca15d1e5ce70493c5c0c096ca0c76503d6da07crefwpscan.com/vulnerability/10450reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.htmladvisorydebian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784advisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244advisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Yadvisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3