CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-7047
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• webfactoryltd wp database reset (<= 3.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- 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
- 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