CVE-2018-20151

WordPress Core < 5.0.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En WordPress, en versiones anteriores a la 4.9.9 y versiones 5.x anteriores a la 5.0.1, la página de activación de usuarios podría ser leída por el crawler web de un motor de búsqueda si se elige una configuración inusual. El motor de búsqueda podría listar y mostrar la dirección de email de un usuario y (raramente) la contraseña que se generó por defecto.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and PHP injections attacks, delete files, leak potentially sensitive data, create posts of unauthorized types, or cause denial-of-service by application crash.

*Credits: Team Yoast

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-12-12 CVE Published
2018-12-14 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html	Mailing List
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords	Media Coverage

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9	2019-03-04
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release	2019-03-04
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1	2019-03-04
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174	2019-03-04
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401	2019-03-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				< 4.9.9 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " < 4.9.9"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.0 < 5.0.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected