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CVE-2020-7048

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 16, 2020 at 08:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWp Database Reset

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 23%

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.

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/10027
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

9.1CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306

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