PT-2020-5800 · WordPress · Wordpress

Marc Montas · Published 2020-10-15 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-28034

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress versions prior to 5.5.2

Description: The issue is related to insufficient protection measures for web page structures in the WordPress content management system, allowing for potential data integrity impact by a remote attacker. It is associated with global variables and can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS).

Recommendations: For WordPress versions prior to 5.5.2, update to version 5.5.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-01763

BIT-WORDPRESS-2020-28034

BIT-WORDPRESS-MULTISITE-2020-28034

CVE-2020-28034

DLA-2429-1

DSA-4784-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 22

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-01763 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2429-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28034 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-28034 · Vendor Advisory