CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-20151

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/ Press/Media Coverage Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/ Vendor Advisory Release Notes
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 Product Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-12-14 08:29

Updated : 2019-03-04 02:41

NVD link : CVE-2018-20151

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20151

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-200