CVE-2019-20042 (GCVE-0-2019-20042)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-27 07:14
Modified
2024-08-05 02:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunkPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1dPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://hackerone.com/reports/509930Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunkPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1dPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/509930Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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