CVE-2019-20042
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 27, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 27, 2019
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4599vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
- DSA-4677vendor-advisory
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