WordPress Authenticated disclosure of password-protected posts and pages
Summary
WordPress Authenticated disclosure of password-protected posts and pages
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29450 wordpress Fixed in: 5.7.1+dfsg1-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29450 wordpress
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory wordpress.org
- advisory debian.org
- web nvd.nist.gov