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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-12-27

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

• https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
• https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677