CVE-2020-4050
set-screen-option filter misuse by plugins leading to privilege escalation in WordPress
02 Description
set-screen-option filter misuse by plugins leading to privilege escalation in WordPress
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-12 16:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 07:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 511860e13cadddcb6e4da19508f4de879aca9088eb77d656d04060693cd2426e
05 Affected products
06 References
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/wordpress-5-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-4vpv-fgg2-gcqc
- github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b8dea76b495f0072523106c6ec46b9ea0d2a0920
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-8447a3e195https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODNHXVJS25YVWYQHOCICXTLIN5UYJFDN/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-bbedd29391https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/773N2ZV7QEMBGKH6FBKI6Q5S3YJMW357/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4709https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200701 [SECURITY] [DLA 2269-1] wordpress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00000.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200911 [SECURITY] [DLA 2371-1] wordpress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 5.4.2+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 5.4.2+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 5.4.2+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wordpress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wordpress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- wordpress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- wordpress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.