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Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-28039

CVE-2020-28039

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.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.5.2
    • (no CPE)range: <5.5.2
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • WordPress/WordPressdescription
  • osv-coords2 versions
    < 5.5.2+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: < 5.5.2
    • (no CPE)range: < 5.5.2

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