CVE-2019-20042

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor: WordPress
Status: WordPress
Vendor: CVE Published:; 27 December 2019

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.

CVSS V3.1

Score:

6.1

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

Low

Integrity:

Low

Availability:

None

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

Required

Scope:

Changed

Timeline

Vulnerability published.
Dec 27, 2019
Vulnerability Reserved.
Dec 27, 2019

Collectors

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