{"id":"CVE-2020-11027","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11027","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:08:54.104Z","title":"Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution.","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).","published":"2020-04-30T23:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:48:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-672","CWE-640"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","wordpress/wordpress"],"epss":{"score":0.13625,"percentile":0.96482,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-06-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51531,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Theme Medic v1.0.0 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51531","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/51531.py","file":"exploits/php/webapps/51531.py","published":"2023-06-19","added":"2023-06-19","updated":"2023-06-19","author":"Amirhossein Bahramizadeh","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-11027"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11027","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}