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Wordpress: CVE-2017-14990: Information Exposure

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Wordpress: CVE-2017-14990: Information Exposure

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/23/2017
Modified
05/23/2019

Description

WordPress 4.8.2 stores cleartext wp_signups.activation_key values (but stores the analogous wp_users.user_activation_key values as hashes), which might make it easier for remote attackers to hijack unactivated user accounts by leveraging database read access (such as access gained through an unspecified SQL injection vulnerability).

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-4_8_3

References

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