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CVE-2018-20147

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Date: December 14, 2018

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, authors could modify metadata to bypass intended restrictions on deleting files.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html

Url: https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220

Url: https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9169

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20147

Url: https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9

Url: https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20147

Url: https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20147

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-20147

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication Issues

CWE-287

Incorrect Authorization

CWE-863

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 5.0.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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