CVE-2020-7048
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 22.9% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 22.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 22.93% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-306 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-01-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| webfactoryltd | wp database reset |
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://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/
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