WordPress Vulnerabilities

WordPress < 5.5.2 - Protected Meta That Could Lead to Arbitrary File Deletion

Description

The release notes state:

"Thanks to Slavco for reporting, and confirmation from Karim El Ouerghemmi, a method to bypass protected meta that could lead to arbitrary file deletion."

Affects WordPress

Fixed in WordPress 5.5.2
Fixed in WordPress 5.5.2

References

Classification

Type
FILE DELETION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Slavco
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-10-29 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2020-10-29 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-11-02 (about 3 years ago)

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