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WordPress < 5.5.2 - Protected Meta That Could Lead to Arbitrary File Deletion

Description

The release notes state:

"Thanks to Slavco for reporting, and confirmation from Karim El Ouerghemmi, a method to bypass protected meta that could lead to arbitrary file deletion."

Affects WordPress

5.5.1
Fixed in version 5.5.2
5.5
Fixed in version 5.5.2

References

CVE
CVE-2020-28039
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad
URL
https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html

Classification

Type

FILE DELETION

OWASP top 10
A6: Security Misconfiguration
CWE
CWE-73

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Slavco

Verified

No

WPVDB ID
30662254-5a8d-40d0-8a31-eb58b51b3c33

Timeline

Publicly Published

2020-10-29 (about 2 years ago)

Added

2020-10-29 (about 2 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-11-02 (about 2 years ago)

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