WordPress Core < 5.7.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2021-04-15 00:00

Mikael Korpela

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.7.20

Affected CoreWordPress 5.7

Affected Version4.7 – < 5.7.1 · 11 branches

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2021-29450

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Vulnerability Overview

Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 4.7.20, 4.8.16, 4.9.17, 5.0.12, 5.1.9, 5.2.10, 5.3.7, 5.4.5, 5.5.4, 5.6.3, 5.7.1 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29450 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a57426d2-0ca4-405b-bfbf-0685e2c744a0

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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