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

CVE-2019-20042

Published

2019-12-27T08:15:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:53:21.977647Z

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

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

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@5.3.2+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.3.2+dfsg1-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.2.2+dfsg1-1

5.2.4+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "5.3.2+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "5.3.2+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentynineteen",
            "binary_version": "5.3.2+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen",
            "binary_version": "5.3.2+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
            "binary_version": "5.3.2+dfsg1-1"
        }
    ]
}