CVE-2020-4046

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 3.7.34 - Basic XSS

Title source: rule

Description

In affected versions of WordPress, users with low privileges (like contributors and authors) can use the embed block in a certain way to inject unfiltered HTML in the block editor. When affected posts are viewed by a higher privileged user, this could lead to script execution in the editor/wp-admin. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0685
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-80 CWE-79
Status published

Affected Products (5)

wordpress/wordpress < 3.7.34
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
fedoraproject/fedora
fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Jun 12, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026