WordPress Vulnerabilities

WP < 6.0.3 - Multiple Stored XSS via Gutenberg

Description

The packaged Gutenberg does not escape data from some blocks before outputting ti back in pages, which could lead to Stored XSS issues. Affected blocks: Search, Feature Image, RSS and Widget

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/gutenberg/pull/45045/files

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10

A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID

f513c8f6-2e1c-45ae-8a58-36b6518e2aa9

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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