CVE-2021-39202
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-09 21:55
Modified
2024-08-04 01:58
Severity ?
7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions the widgets editor introduced in WordPress 5.8 beta 1 has improper handling of HTML input in the Custom HTML feature. This leads to stored XSS in the custom HTML widget. This has been patched in WordPress 5.8. It was only present during the testing/beta phase of WordPress 5.8.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fr6h-3855-j297Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1222797Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fr6h-3855-j297Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1222797Permissions Required
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