Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.3.2+dfsg1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-539936
- published 27 Dec 2019
- disclosed 27 Dec 2019
Introduced: 27 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-20042 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 5.3.2+dfsg1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress
package and not the wordpress
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20042
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975