CVE-2020-11028

Unauthenticated disclosure of certain private posts in WordPress

State: Published
Severity: 5.8 Medium
Published: Apr 30, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Mar 30, 2020

Description

In affected versions of WordPress, some private posts, which were previously public, can result in unauthenticated disclosure under a specific set of conditions. 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).

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WordPressWordPress	>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1Affected >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3Affected >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6Affected >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5Affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9Affected >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14Affected >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13Affected >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17Affected >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18Affected >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21Affected >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22Affected >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23Affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27Affected >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30Affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30Affected >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31Affected >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33Affected >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33Affected

Product

Versions

WordPressWordPress

>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1Affected
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3Affected
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6Affected
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5Affected
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9Affected
>= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14Affected
>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13Affected
>= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17Affected
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18Affected
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21Affected
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22Affected
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23Affected
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27Affected
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30Affected
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30Affected
>= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31Affected
>= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33Affected
>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33Affected

References

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