CVE-2020-28039

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28039
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28039.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28039
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2020-11-02T21:15:31Z
Modified
2026-10-20T10:54:19Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "16.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "16.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "18.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "18.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "20.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "20.04"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "9.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "9.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "10.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "10.0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e86313b568fbd86fcd8e743a59be939d627c7e0d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "5.5.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28039.json"

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c226f4016f80392aad6524a668f025e8e70b0789
Fixed
d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "5.5.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "d5ddd6d4be1bc9fd16b7796842e6fb26315705ad"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28039.json"