CVE-2019-20042 (GCVE-0-2019-20042)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-27 07:14 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/co… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/509930 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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