In affected versions of WordPress, misuse of the `set-screen-option` filter's return value allows arbitrary user meta fields to be saved. It does require an admin to install a plugin that would misuse the filter. Once installed, it can be leveraged by low privileged users. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-06-12T16:00:17

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.829Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-4050

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-12T16:15:10.793

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:23:10.883

Link: CVE-2020-4050

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