Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.4.1+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-567986
  • published 1 May 2020
  • disclosed 30 Apr 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 5.4.1+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 affected versions of WordPress, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the navigation section of Customizer allows JavaScript code to be executed. Exploitation requires an authenticated user. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.4 medium