CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-20042
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-12-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (>= 3.7 < 5.3.1)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ Not Applicable
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7 Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930 Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ Not Applicable
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7 Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930 Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory