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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 ↗
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/ ↗
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9174 ↗
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 ↗
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html ↗
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/ ↗