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CVE-2020-28040
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image.
Medium4.3EPSS 1.1%
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Description
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2429-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4784 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-15e15c35da (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-a764b11b52 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-b386fac43a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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