CVE-2020-28039

Description

is_protected_meta 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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

5.996

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
wordpress security update(DSA-4784-1) wordpress_5.0.11+dfsg1-0+deb10u1_all.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234