vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-11029): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 30, 2020 | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 30, 2020
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. 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).
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2020-11029
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-11029
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-3414
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-3414
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11029
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