WP Database Reset <= 3.1 — Unauthenticated Database Reset
CVE-2020-7048Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.1Update to 3.15 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.1
- CVSS
- 9.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Database Reset wordpress-database-reset
- Affected≤ 3.1
- Patched in3.15
Update to 3.15 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.1. Version 3.15 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Database Reset.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.15, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Database Reset to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chloe Chamberland.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Database Reset
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.7 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to WP Reset Plugin Installation ≤3.22Update to 3.23 | CVE-2024-1501 | |
| Critical9.9 | Privilege Escalation ≤3.1Update to 3.15 | CVE-2020-7047 |
- Medium4.7Cross-Site Request Forgery to WP Reset Plugin Installation
≤3.22Update to 3.23
- Critical9.9Privilege Escalation
≤3.1Update to 3.15
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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