CVE-2021-39201

HIGH

WordPress 5.0-5.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Editor

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. ### Impact The issue allows an authenticated but low-privileged user (like contributor/author) to execute XSS in the editor. This bypasses the restrictions imposed on users who do not have the permission to post `unfiltered_html`. ### Patches This has been patched in WordPress 5.8, and will be pushed to older versions via minor releases (automatic updates). It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. ### References https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/ https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/wordpress)

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4985

Scores

CVSS v3 7.6
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
wordpress/wordpress 5.0 - 5.8
Published Sep 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026