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CVE-2020-28036 Details

Description

wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges by using XML-RPC to comment on a post.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c9e6b98968025b1629015998d12c3102165a7d32	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/	CVE
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10449	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c9e6b98968025b1629015998d12c3102165a7d32	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/	[email protected]
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10449	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-862	Missing Authorization	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wordpress wordpress	< 5.5.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	31 32 33
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	10.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2021	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Nov 11, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 3, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 3, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]

CVE-2020-28036 Details

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