CVE-2018-20151

moderate-risk
Published 2018-12-14

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.

Do I need to act?

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6.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Wordpress

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
Product https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
Vendor Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
Press/Media Coverage https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-so...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
Product https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
Vendor Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
Press/Media Coverage https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-so...
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low