CVE-2020-28039
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-28039
To remediate CVE-2020-28039, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/wordpress—upgrade to 5.5.2 or later
- Bitnami/wordpress-multisite—upgrade to 5.5.2 or later
- —upgrade to 5.5.3+dfsg1-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-28039 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 6.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.5.2
- from 0, < 5.5.2
- from 0, < 5.5.3+dfsg1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |