CVE-2019-16781

Description

In WordPress before 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.4

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

3.486

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
wordpress security update(DSA-4599-1) wordpress_5.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u1_all.deb	Linux
wordpress security update(DSA-4677-1) wordpress_4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u6_all.deb	Linux
wordpress security update(DSA-4677-1) wordpress_5.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u2_all.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234