CVE-2018-20153
WordPress Core < 5.0.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comments
Severity Score
6.4
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could modify new comments made by users with greater privileges, possibly causing XSS.
En WordPress, en versiones anteriores a la 4.9.9 y versiones 5.x anteriores a la 5.0.1, los contribuyentes podrían modificar nuevos comentarios realizados por los usuarios con mayores privilegios, lo que podría provocar Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and PHP injections attacks, delete files, leak potentially sensitive data, create posts of unauthorized types, or cause denial-of-service by application crash.
*Credits:
Tim Coen
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Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
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Authentication
Confidentiality
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2018-12-12 CVE Published
- 2018-12-14 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html | Mailing List |
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| https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords | Media Coverage |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 | 2019-03-04 | |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release | 2019-03-04 | |
| https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1 | 2019-03-04 | |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172 | 2019-03-04 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 | 2019-03-04 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" | Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" | < 4.9.9 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " < 4.9.9" | - |
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| Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" | Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" | >= 5.0 < 5.0.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.1" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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