CVE-2020-11025

Authenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) in WordPress Customizer

State: Published
Severity: 5.8 Medium
Published: Apr 30, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Mar 30, 2020

Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the navigation section of Customizer allows JavaScript code to be executed. Exploitation requires an authenticated user. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WordPressWordPress	>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1Affected >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3Affected >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6Affected >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5Affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9Affected >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14Affected >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13Affected >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17Affected >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18Affected >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21Affected >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22Affected >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23Affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27Affected >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30Affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30Affected >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31Affected >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33Affected >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33Affected

Product

Versions

WordPressWordPress

>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1Affected
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3Affected
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6Affected
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5Affected
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9Affected
>= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14Affected
>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13Affected
>= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17Affected
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18Affected
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21Affected
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22Affected
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23Affected
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27Affected
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30Affected
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30Affected
>= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31Affected
>= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33Affected
>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33Affected

References

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