VDB
CVE-2019-20042
CVE-2019-20042
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
EPSS 2.76% · 85.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
6.099999904632568
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
2.76%
85.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1, 4.4+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.8.2+dfsg-2, 4.8.3+dfsg-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 27, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 25, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20042 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/ third-party-advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20042 third-party-advisory