| Name | CVE-2020-11027 |
| Description | In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2208-1, DSA-4677-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 959391 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| wordpress | source | jessie | 4.1.30+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | DLA-2208-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | stretch | 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u6 | DSA-4677-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | buster | 5.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u2 | DSA-4677-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 5.4.1+dfsg1-1 | 959391 |
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/47634
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/4354d1fc5cd55a18bc24555b11db201d5eb87e0c (master)