# CVE-2020-7048: The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the databas

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-01-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that allowed any unauthenticated user to reset any table in the database to the initial WordPress set-up state (deleting all site content stored in that table), as demonstrated by a wp-admin/admin-post.php?db-reset-tables[]=comments URI.

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## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-database-reset/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10027
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/easily-exploitable-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wp-database-reset-plugin/
- https://github.com/ElmouradiAmine/CVE-2020-7048

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