CVE-2020-11027
Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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).
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.63% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 June 2023
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-672, CWE-640
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 13.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jwThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updatesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jwThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updatesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.