Wordpress: CVE-2019-16781: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
12/26/2019
01/07/2020
01/06/2020
05/08/2020
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(s)
- wordpress-upgrade-5_3_1
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