CVE-2019-20042
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20042.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20042
- Related
- Published
- 2019-12-27T08:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-02-21T05:00:04Z
- Downstream
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wptargetedlink_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
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- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20042
Affected packages
Debian:11 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source
Debian:12 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source
Debian:13 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source