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CVE-2020-7047

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 16, 2020 at 08:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWp Database Reset

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wp Database Reset· Webfactoryltdwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 3.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-database-reset/#developers
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10028
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/easily-exploitable-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wp-database-reset-plugin/

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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