CVE-2020-28040

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 5.5.2 - CSRF

Title source: rule

Description

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image.

References (7)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0031

EPSS Percentile 53.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-352

Status published

Affected Products (6)

wordpress/wordpress < 5.5.2

debian/debian_linux

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 02, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026