🛡️ CVE-2020-28039 — wordpress

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.

Affected software

CVE-2020-28039 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • wordpress
  • wordpress-multisite

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 3 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
wordpress.org (Web)
wpscan.com (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2025-04-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wordpress
wordpress-multisite

References

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