CVE-2020-28039
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28039
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28039.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28039
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Published
- 2020-11-02T21:15:31.117Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-11T12:34:15.258877Z
- Severity
-
- 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
isprotectedmeta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "16.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "18.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "20.04" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "10.0" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "9.0" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" } ] }- References
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "5.5.2" } ], "source": "CPE_FIELD" }