Description
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. 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).
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0265
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
wordpress/wordpress
5.4
wordpress/wordpress
3.7 - 3.7.33
Published
Apr 30, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026