WordPress Authenticated disclosure of password-protected posts and pages

CVE-2021-29450
6.5MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
WordPress
Status
WordPress-develop
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 April 2021

Summary

Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.

Affected Version(s)

wordpress-develop = >= 4.70,< 5.7.1

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Risk change from: 4.3 to: 6.5 - (MEDIUM)

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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