CVE-2021-39201

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. ### Impact The issue allows an authenticated but low-privileged user (like contributor/author) to execute XSS in the editor. This bypasses the restrictions imposed on users who do not have the permission to post unfiltered_html. ### Patches This has been patched in WordPress 5.8, and will be pushed to older versions via minor releases (automatic updates). Its strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. ### References https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/ https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/wordpress)

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

0.509

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
wordpress security update(DSA-4985-1) wordpress_5.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u1_all.deb	Linux
wordpress security update(DSA-4985-1) wordpress_5.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u1_all.deb	Linux
wordpress security update(DSA-4985-1) Debian_wordpress_5.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u1_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