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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2020-11029
Cross-site scripting in stats method (object cache) in WordPress
Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. 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).

INFO

Published Date :

April 30, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-11029 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Wordpress wordpress
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in affected versions of WordPress.
  • Upgrade WordPress to a patched version.
  • For Debian systems, upgrade the wordpress packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-11029 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-11029.

URL Resource
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-11029 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-11029 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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NeoOniX/5ATTACK

None

Updated: 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 30, 2025, 9:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 173 different CVEs too.
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Afetter618/WordPress-PenTest

WordPress Pen Testing

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 23, 2022, 8:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 100 different CVEs too.
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El-Palomo/DerpNStink

Desarrollo del CTF DerpNStink

Updated: 5 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 1:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 41 different CVEs too.
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El-Palomo/SYMFONOS

Desarrollo del CTF SYMFONOS

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 28, 2021, 1:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-11029 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-11029 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html
    Added Reference https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.4.1
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7 up to (excluding) 3.7.33 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.8 up to (excluding) 3.8.33 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.9 up to (excluding) 3.9.31 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0 up to (excluding) 4.0.30 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1 up to (excluding) 4.1.30 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2 up to (excluding) 4.2.27 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.3 up to (excluding) 4.3.23 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.4 up to (excluding) 4.4.22 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.5.21 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.6 up to (excluding) 4.6.18 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.7 up to (excluding) 4.7.17 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.8 up to (excluding) 4.8.13 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.9 up to (excluding) 4.9.14 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0 up to (excluding) 5.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.1 up to (excluding) 5.1.5 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2 up to (excluding) 5.2.6 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.3 up to (excluding) 5.3.3 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c No Types Assigned https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.4.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.65 }} -0.25%

score

0.85217

percentile