vulnerability
Wordpress: CVE-2019-20042: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | 2019-12-27 | 2020-01-06 | 2024-11-27 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
2019-12-27
Added
2020-01-06
Modified
2024-11-27
Description
In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
Solution
wordpress-upgrade-5_3_1

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