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WordPress < 5.5.2 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Global Variables

Description

The release notes state:

"Thanks to Marc Montas from Sucuri for reporting an issue that could lead to XSS from global variables."

Affects WordPress

5.5.1
Fixed in version 5.5.2
5.5
Fixed in version 5.5.2

References

CVE
CVE-2020-28034
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://blog.wpscan.com/2020/10/30/wordpress-5.5.2-security-release.html

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Marc Montas from Sucuri

Verified

No

WPVDB ID
336deb2e-5286-422d-9aa2-6898877d55a9

Timeline

Publicly Published

2020-10-29 (about 2 years ago)

Added

2020-10-29 (about 2 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-11-01 (about 2 years ago)

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