CVE-2020-11027 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-11027

Password reset links invalidation issue in WordPress

Vulnerability 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).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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

Timeline

Official Publish: April 30th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-672

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.