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GHSA-XGVP-37RP-X96C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:05 – Updated: 2023-01-19 03:30

Details

WordPress before 5.3.1 allowed an attacker to create a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) in well crafted links, because of an insufficient protection mechanism in wp_targeted_link_rel in wp-includes/formatting.php.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2019-20042 (GCVE-0-2019-20042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-27 07:14 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:32

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

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

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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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GHSA-XGVP-37RP-X96C

CVE-2019-20042 (GCVE-0-2019-20042)

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