CVE-2018-20151 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/ https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
NONE
Base Severity
7.5