CVE-2021-39201

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39201
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39201.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-39201
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2021-09-09T22:15:09Z
Modified
2026-07-07T08:50:54Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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). It's 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

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "11.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "11.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.8"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39201.json"

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.8"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39201.json"