CVE-2019-20042

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.

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 85th percentile

Nuclei

low

Published

2019-12-27

Updated

2024-08-05

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2019/CVE-2019-20042-wordpress-8…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-20041
• CVE-2019-20043
• CVE-2019-20024
• CVE-2019-20047
• CVE-2019-20023
• CVE-2019-20048