CVE-2020-7047

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-database-reset/#developers	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10028	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/easily-exploitable-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wp-database-reset-plugin/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:wp_database_reset:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-01-16 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2020-7047

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7047

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7047

JSON object : View

Products Affected

webfactoryltd

wp_database_reset

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

{"id": "CVE-2020-7047", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 6.5, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P", "authentication": "SINGLE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL"}, "acInsufInfo": false, "impactScore": 6.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 8.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "cve@mitre.org", "cvssData": {"scope": "CHANGED", "version": "3.0", "baseScore": 9.9, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 6.0, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 8.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8}]}, "published": "2020-01-16T21:15:12.227", "references": [{"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-database-reset/#developers", "tags": ["Release Notes", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10028", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/easily-exploitable-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wp-database-reset-plugin/", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-269"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El plugin de WordPress, WP Database Reset versiones hasta 3.1, contiene un fallo que otorg\u00f3 a cualquier usuario autenticado, con permisos m\u00ednimos, la capacidad (con una petici\u00f3n simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users) para escalar sus privilegios a administrador mientras elimina a todos los otros usuarios de la tabla."}], "lastModified": "2020-01-24T20:45:17.273", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:wp_database_reset:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "463E7B4B-C072-49EE-8A01-CE58D436DEA7", "versionEndIncluding": "3.1"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}