CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-39202
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-09-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions the widgets editor introduced in WordPress 5.8 beta 1 has improper handling of HTML input in the Custom HTML feature. This leads to stored XSS in the custom HTML widget. This has been patched in WordPress 5.8. It was only present during the testing/beta phase of WordPress 5.8.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress 5.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fr6h-3855-j297 Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1222797 Permissions Required
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fr6h-3855-j297 Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1222797 Permissions Required