WordPress Core < 5.4.1 - Password Reset Link Non-Expiration

Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
CVE CVE-2020-11027
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published April 29, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Muaz Bin Abdus Sattar, Jannes
Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.32
  • 3.8 - 3.8.32
  • 3.9 - 3.9.30
  • 4.0 - 4.0.29
  • 4.1 - 4.1.29
  • 4.2 - 4.2.26
  • 4.3 - 4.3.22
  • 4.4 - 4.4.21
  • 4.5 - 4.5.20
  • 4.6 - 4.6.17
  • 4.7 - 4.7.16
  • 4.8 - 4.8.12
  • 4.9 - 4.9.13
  • 5.0 - 5.0.8
  • 5.1 - 5.1.4
  • 5.2 - 5.2.5
  • 5.3 - 5.3.2
  • 5.4 - 5.4
Patched Version
  • 3.7.33
  • 3.8.33
  • 3.9.31
  • 4.0.30
  • 4.1.30
  • 4.2.27
  • 4.3.23
  • 4.4.22
  • 4.5.21
  • 4.6.18
  • 4.7.17
  • 4.8.13
  • 4.9.14
  • 5.0.9
  • 5.1.5
  • 5.2.6
  • 5.3.3
  • 5.4.1
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