CVE-2019-20042

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.1

Exploit probability—

Product

Wordpress

PublishedDec 27, 2019

First seenDec 27, 2019

How to fix

Update

wordpress wordpress5.3.1 or later

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
wordpress wordpress	3.7 ≤ v < 5.3.1	5.3.1
debian debian_linux	9.0, 10.0	—

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