CVE-2020-7048

CRITICAL LAB

WP Database Reset < 3.1 - Unauthenticated Database Table Reset via admin-post.php

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-7048. PoCs published by ElmouradiAmine.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository lacks actual exploit code and instead points to an external YouTube video for reproduction steps. It includes a docker-compose.yml for setting up a WordPress environment but provides no technical details or PoC code for CVE-2020-7048.

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the database to the initial WordPress set-up state (deleting all site content stored in that table), as demonstrated by a wp-admin/admin-post.php?db-reset-tables[]=comments URI.

Exploits (1)

nomisec SUSPICIOUS 5 stars
by ElmouradiAmine · poc
https://github.com/ElmouradiAmine/CVE-2020-7048

The repository lacks actual exploit code and instead points to an external YouTube video for reproduction steps. It includes a docker-compose.yml for setting up a WordPress environment but provides no technical details or PoC code for CVE-2020-7048.

Classification
Suspicious 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Theoretical
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: WordPress (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: WordPress environment setup via docker-compose
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-database-reset/#developers
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10027

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.2293
EPSS Percentile 97.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull wordpress:latest

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (1)
webfactoryltd/wp_database_reset < 3.1
Published Jan 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026