In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, crafted URLs could trigger XSS for certain use cases involving plugins.
CVE-2018-20150
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 91.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 14, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- cve@mitrehttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fb3c6ea0618fcb9a51d4f2c1940e9efcd4a2d460
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- cve@mitrehttps://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- cve@mitrehttps://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9173
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
- cve@mitrehttps://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fb3c6ea0618fcb9a51d4f2c1940e9efcd4a2d460
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
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