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critical 9.1

CVE-2020-7048 in the critical feed json

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the databa…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28182

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
22.9%
EPSS 22.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the database to the initial WordPress set-up state (deleting all site content stored in that table), as demonstrated by a wp-admin/admin-post.php?db-reset-tables[]=comments URI.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

22.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/easily-exploitable-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wp-database-reset-plugin/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
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References

Sources

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