CVE-2020-7048

WP Database Reset <= 3.1 - Unauthenticated Database Reset

criticalImproper Authentication

9.1

CVSS Score

9.1

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

3.15

Patched in

1468d

Time to patch

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the database to the initial WordPress set-up state (deleting all site content stored in that table), as demonstrated by a wp-admin/admin-post.php?db-reset-tables[]=comments URI.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.1

PublishedJanuary 16, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordpress-database-reset

What Changed in the Fix

Changes introduced in v3.15

Trac

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a29aea7-9e22-4edb-80d9-266843a416a5?source=api-prod

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