WordPress Core < 5.4.2 - Comment Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2020-25286
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published June 10, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Carolina Nymark
Description

In wp-includes/comment-template.php in WordPress before 5.4.2, comments from a post or page could sometimes be seen in the latest comments even if the post or page was not public.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.33
  • 3.8 - 3.8.33
  • 3.9 - 3.9.31
  • 4.0 - 4.0.30
  • 4.1 - 4.1.30
  • 4.2 - 4.2.27
  • 4.3 - 4.3.23
  • 4.4 - 4.4.22
  • 4.5 - 4.5.21
  • 4.6 - 4.6.18
  • 4.7 - 4.7.17
  • 4.8 - 4.8.13
  • 4.9 - 4.9.14
  • 5.0 - 5.0.9
  • 5.1 - 5.1.5
  • 5.2 - 5.2.6
  • 5.3 - 5.3.3
Patched Version
  • 3.7.34
  • 3.8.34
  • 3.9.32
  • 4.0.31
  • 4.1.31
  • 4.2.28
  • 4.3.24
  • 4.4.23
  • 4.5.22
  • 4.6.19
  • 4.7.18
  • 4.8.14
  • 4.9.15
  • 5.0.10
  • 5.1.6
  • 5.2.7
  • 5.3.4
  • 5.4.2
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