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WordPress 3.9-5.1 - Comment Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

According to WordPress:

"This release also includes a pair of security fixes that handle how comments are filtered and then stored in the database. With a maliciously crafted comment, a WordPress post was vulnerable to cross-site scripting."

Affects WordPress

3.9
Fixed in version 3.9.27
3.9.1
Fixed in version 3.9.27
3.9.2
Fixed in version 3.9.27
4.0
Fixed in version 4.0.26
4.1
Fixed in version 4.1.26
4.1.1
Fixed in version 4.1.26
4.2
Fixed in version 4.2.23
3.9.3
Fixed in version 3.9.27
4.1.2
Fixed in version 4.1.26
4.2.1
Fixed in version 4.2.23

References

CVE
CVE-2019-9787
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Simon Scannell of RIPS Technologies

Submitter

Ryan Dewhurst

Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified

No

WPVDB ID
d150f43f-6030-4191-98b8-20ae05585936

Timeline

Publicly Published

2019-03-13 (about 3 years ago)

Added

2019-03-13 (about 3 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-09-22 (about 2 years ago)

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