UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20042

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20042
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20042.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20042
Upstream
Published
2019-12-27T08:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:48Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wptargetedlink_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3+dfsg-1
4.3.1+dfsg-1
4.4+dfsg-1
4.4.1+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.9.5+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.2+dfsg-2
4.8.3+dfsg-1
4.9.1+dfsg-1
4.9.2+dfsg-1
4.9.4+dfsg-1
4.9.5+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen"
        }
    ]
}