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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-28040

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image.
Publish Date : 2020-11-02 Last Update Date : 2022-06-29
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.3
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact Partial (Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) CSRF
CWE ID 352

- Products Affected By CVE-2020-28040

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Debian Debian Linux 9.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 OS Debian Debian Linux 10.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Wordpress Wordpress * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 3
Debian Debian Linux 2
Wordpress Wordpress 1

- References For CVE-2020-28040

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
FEDORA FEDORA-2020-15e15c35da
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
FEDORA FEDORA-2020-a764b11b52
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
FEDORA FEDORA-2020-b386fac43a
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
DEBIAN DSA-4784
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
MLIST [debian-lts-announce] 20201103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2429-1] wordpress security update
https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2020-28040

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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