CVE-2020-28040
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image.
How to fix CVE-2020-28040
To remediate CVE-2020-28040, 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
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 5.5.3+dfsg1-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-28040 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
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 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References (9)
- ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28040
- WEBblog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html
- WEBlists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
- WEBlists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/