Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress - CVE-2020-4050
Published: June 12, 2020 / Updated: July 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29008
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4050
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass where set-screen-option can be misused by plugins. A remote attacker can escalate privileges within the application.
Affected software
WordPress
Debian Linux
Fedora
wordpress (Debian package)
wordpress
Debian Linux
Fedora
wordpress (Debian package)
wordpress
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4050
Install updates from vendor's website.
WordPress - addressed in versions 3.7.34, 3.8.34, 3.9.32, 4.0.31, 4.1.31, 4.2.28, 4.3.24, 4.4.23, 4.5.22, 4.6.19, 4.7.18, 4.8.14, 4.9.15, 5.0.10, 5.1.6, 5.2.7, 5.3.4, 5.4.2
wordpress (Debian package) - update to 5.0.10+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
wordpress - addressed in versions 5.1.6-1.el6, 5.1.6-1.el7, 5.4.2-1.fc31, 5.4.2-1.fc32
wordpress (Debian package) - update to 5.0.10+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
wordpress - addressed in versions 5.1.6-1.el6, 5.1.6-1.el7, 5.4.2-1.fc31, 5.4.2-1.fc32