312
VMScore

CVE-2019-16781

Published: 26/12/2019 Updated: 19/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 6.8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.4 | Impact Score: 2.7 | Exploitability Score: 2.3
VMScore: 312
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

In WordPress prior to 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have bee ...
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create files on the server, disclose private information, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation For ...