VDB
CVE-2020-28039
CVE-2020-28039
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 6.00% · 90.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
6.00%
90.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bitnami | wordpress | 0 |
| Bitnami | wordpress-multisite | 0 |
| Bitnami | wordpress | 0, 0, 0 |
| Bitnami | wordpress-multisite | 0, 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ (circl)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452 (circl)
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2429-1] wordpress security update (circl)
- DSA-4784 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-15e15c35da (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-a764b11b52 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-b386fac43a (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 31, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 4, 2024 CVE Updated
- Mar 22, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 26, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/ url
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ url
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10452 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28039 url