CVE-2020-28037

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28037
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28037.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28037
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2020-11-02T21:15:30Z
Modified
2026-07-07T08:51:36Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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).

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "31"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "31"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "32"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "32"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "33"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "33"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "fedoraproject:fedora"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e86313b568fbd86fcd8e743a59be939d627c7e0d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28037.json"

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c226f4016f80392aad6524a668f025e8e70b0789
Fixed
2ca15d1e5ce70493c5c0c096ca0c76503d6da07c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28037.json"