CVE-2021-29450

WordPress Authenticated disclosure of password-protected posts and pages

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.

Wordpress es un CMS de código abierto. Uno de los bloques en el editor de WordPress puede ser explotado de manera que exponga publicaciones y páginas protegidas con contraseña. Esto requiere al menos privilegios de colaborador. Esto ha sido parcheado en WordPress versión 5.7.1, junto con las versiones anteriores afectadas mediante versiones menores. Se recomienda encarecidamente que mantenga habilitadas las actualizaciones automáticas para recibir la solución

*Credits: Mikael Korpela

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-30 CVE Reserved
2021-04-15 CVE Published
2024-05-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/category/security	2021-04-23
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896	2021-04-23

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"				>= 4.7 < 5.7.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.7 < 5.7.1"		-		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
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected