CVE-2021-39202
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.4)—
WordPress es un sistema de administración de contenidos gratuito y de código abierto escrito en PHP y emparejado con una base de datos MySQL o MariaDB. En versiones afectadas, el editor de widgets introducido en la versión 5.8 beta 1 de WordPress, presenta un manejo inapropiado de la entrada HTML en la funcionalidad Custom HTML. Esto conlleva a una vulnerabilidad de tipo XSS almacenado en el widget de HTML personalizado. Esto ha sido parcheado en WordPress versión 5.8. Sólo estuvo presente durante la fase de pruebas/beta de WordPress versión 5.8
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.82%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 56
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
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 (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
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