CVE-2020-28034
MEDIUM EXPLOITEDWordPress < 5.5.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via Global Variables
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2020-28034 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
WordPress before 5.5.2 allows XSS associated with global variables.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0268
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2020-10-29
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
31
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
wordpress/wordpress
< 5.5.2
Published
Nov 02, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026