CVE-2020-11027

mediumpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.136 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
13.6% (96th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
79 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–8.1

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2
v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 4
v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-640USprimaryCWE-640USCWE-672US
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (79)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • BIT-wordpress-2020-11027Password reset links invalidation issue in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

  • BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-11027Password reset links invalidation issue in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-04-30modified 2026-06-17
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references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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