CVE - CVE-2018-20151

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20151	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:106220 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 DEBIAN:DSA-4401 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 MISC:https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 MISC:https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/ MISC:https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/ MISC:https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174 MISC:https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/ MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1673-1] wordpress security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181214	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181214)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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