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cve[email protected]CVE-2019-20042
HistoryDec 27, 2019 - 8:15 a.m.

CVE-2019-20042

2019-12-2708:15:09
CWE-79
web.nvd.nist.gov
115
cve-2019-20042
nvd
wordpress
xss
vulnerability
patch

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

56.1%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
wordpresswordpressRange3.75.3.1
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch9.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch10.0
CPENameOperatorVersion
wordpress:wordpresswordpresslt5.3.1

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

56.1%