CVE-2018-20151

NameCVE-2018-20151
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1673-1, DSA-4401-1
Debian Bugs916403

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
trixie6.5+dfsg1-1fixed
sid6.5.2+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcejessie4.1.25+dfsg-1+deb8u1DLA-1673-1
wordpresssourcestretch4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5DSA-4401-1
wordpresssource(unstable)5.0.1+dfsg1-1916403

Notes

https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/

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