CVE-2018-20151
N/A
Published: December 14, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, the user-activation page could be read by a search engine's web crawler if an unusual configuration were chosen. The search engine could then index and display a user's e-mail address and (rarely) the password that was generated by default.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v < 4.9.95.0 ≤ v < 5.0.1
Affected range stops below 4.9.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220x_refsource_MISCProductVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401x_refsource_MISCPress/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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