CVE-2020-28039

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CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical

EPSS

4%p90

Published

Nov 2, 2020 (Nov 2, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.

Vendors: wordpress debian canonical
Products: wordpress, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Ecosystems: WordPress
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.1%)

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