WordPress Vulnerabilities

WP < 6.0.3 - Stored XSS via RSS Widget

Description

WP does not escape the error messages in the RSS Widget, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affects WordPress

6.0.2

Fixed in version 6.0.3

6.0.1

Fixed in version 6.0.3

6.0

Fixed in version 6.0.3

5.9.4

Fixed in version 5.9.5

5.9.3

Fixed in version 5.9.5

5.9.2

Fixed in version 5.9.5

5.9.1

Fixed in version 5.9.5

5.9

Fixed in version 5.9.5

5.8.5

Fixed in version 5.8.6

5.8.4

Fixed in version 5.8.6

References

URL

https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/

URL

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/929cf3cb9580636f1ae3fe944b8faf8cca420492

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10

A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID

58d131f5-f376-4679-b604-2b888de71c5b

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-10-17 (about 3 months ago)

Added

2022-10-19 (about 3 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-10-19 (about 3 months ago)

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