CVE-2020-11027

Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

How to fix CVE-2020-11027

To remediate CVE-2020-11027, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 3.7.33 or later
—upgrade to 3.7.33 or later
—upgrade to 5.4.1+dfsg1-1 or later

Is CVE-2020-11027 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 42.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (3)

>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33, >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33, >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23, >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18, >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17, >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13, >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5, >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1
>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33, >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33, >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23, >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18, >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17, >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13, >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5, >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1
from 0, < 5.4.1+dfsg1-1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N