CVE-2020-8498

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 30, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Jan 30, 2020

Description

XSS exists in the shortcode functionality of the GistPress plugin before 3.0.2 for WordPress via the includes/class-gistpress.php id parameter. This allows an attacker with the WordPress Contributor role to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of other users (e.g., ones who have the publish_posts capability).

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/bradyvercher/gistpress/commit/e3f260edb6673227b0471c74b7ab13c094411ef7
https://github.com/bradyvercher/gistpress/releases/tag/v3.0.2
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10053

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