{"id":"CVE-2020-11029","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11029","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:32:32.828Z","title":"In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.","description":"In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).","published":"2020-04-30T23:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:48:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","wordpress/wordpress"],"epss":{"score":0.02129,"percentile":0.8183,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11029","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}