VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20153
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.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 2.05%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.05% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9Product, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9Product, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.