Vulnerability CVE-2021-29450


Published: 2021-04-15   Modified: 2021-04-16

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq
https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896

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