CVE-2020-11027 (GCVE-0-2020-11027)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-04-30 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 11:21
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-672 - Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
Summary
In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WordPress WordPress Version: >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1
Version: >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3
Version: >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6
Version: >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5
Version: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9
Version: >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14
Version: >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13
Version: >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17
Version: >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18
Version: >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21
Version: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22
Version: >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23
Version: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27
Version: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30
Version: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30
Version: >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31
Version: >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33
Version: >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33
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