Information disclosure in WordPress - CVE-2018-20151
Published: December 13, 2018 / Updated: December 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16529
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20151
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress
WordPress
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the user activation screen can be indexed by search engines in some uncommon configurations. A remote attacker can access email addresses, and in some rare cases, default generated passwords.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20151
Update to version 5.0.1.