CVE-2018-20151

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

published December 14, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05779 · 93.1th percentile
Published
2018-12-14T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 DEC 20:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5