CVE-2018-20151
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-20151
To remediate CVE-2018-20151, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 5.0.1+dfsg1-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-20151 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 6.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.0.1+dfsg1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |