Name | CVE-2020-28036 |
Description | wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges by using XML-RPC to comment on a post. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-2429-1, DSA-4784-1 |
Debian Bugs | 973562 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wordpress (PTS) | buster | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.18+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c9e6b98968025b1629015998d12c3102165a7d32
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10449