Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-20151
CVE-2018-20151
Description
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.
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Affected products
24.9.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.9.8
- (no CPE)range: <4.9.9, <5.0.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9mitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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