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CVE-2019-20042

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.

Published

2019-12-27T08:15:09.747

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:37:56.660

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ Not Applicable ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/509930 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/509930 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)