CVE-2019-20042

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 5.3.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (10)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0505
EPSS Percentile 89.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-79
Status published

Affected Products (3)

wordpress/wordpress < 5.3.1
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Dec 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026