| Name | CVE-2020-28040 |
| Description | WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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 |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/