CVE-2019-20042
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—
En wp-includes / formatting.php en WordPress 3.7 a 5.3.0, la función wp_targeted_link_rel () se puede usar de una manera particular para generar una vulnerabilidad de scripting entre sitios (XSS) almacenada. Esto se ha solucionado en WordPress 5.3.1, junto con todas las versiones anteriores de WordPress desde 3.7 a 5.3 a través de una versión menor.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.76%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 86
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
- https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
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