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Wordpress: CVE-2019-17674: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Wordpress: CVE-2019-17674: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/17/2019
Created
11/16/2019
Added
11/12/2019
Modified
05/08/2020

Description

WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to stored XSS (cross-site scripting) via the Customizer.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-5_2_4

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