CVE-2018-20153
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20153
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20153.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20153
- Downstream
- Published
- 2018-12-14T20:29:00.593Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-11T12:08:18.198996Z
- Severity
-
- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could modify new comments made by users with greater privileges, possibly causing XSS.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "8.0" } ] }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "9.0" } ] } ] }- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixed
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "4.9.9" }, { "introduced": "5.0" }, { "fixed": "5.0.1" } ] }