vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2019-16781: wordpress -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 26, 2019
Added
Jan 9, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

In WordPress before 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS.

Solution

debian-upgrade-wordpress
Title
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