Security advisory

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  "id": "004d5191f96fb04eee4382a26950306fec32201d4b6f54c9c5d0f8e8ff846e66",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29450",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-29450",
    "summary": "Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-29450",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-29450",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-wordpress-2021-29450",
        "BIT-wordpress-multisite-2021-29450",
        "CVE-2021-29450",
        "GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
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                }
              ],
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                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
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                {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "4.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-29450.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:41.372191831Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pmmh-2f36-wvhq",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00017.html",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-29450",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442466,
  "published_at": "2021-04-15T22:15:12.343+00:00"
}