Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-29450
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/
- https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896