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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:11

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Authenticated XSS via media attachment page in WordPress

Details

In affected versions of WordPress, authenticated users with upload permissions (like authors) are able to inject JavaScript into some media file attachment pages in a certain way. This can lead to script execution in the context of a higher privileged user when the file is viewed by them. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).

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CVE-2020-4047 (GCVE-0-2020-4047)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52

Title

Authenticated XSS via media attachment page in WordPress

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/wordpress-5-4-…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/se…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/co…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
WordPress	wordpress-develop	Affected: >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.2 Affected: >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.4 Affected: >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.7 Affected: >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.6 Affected: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10 Affected: >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.15 Affected: >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.14 Affected: >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.18 Affected: >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.19 Affected: >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.22 Affected: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.23 Affected: >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.24 Affected: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.28 Affected: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.31 Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.31 Affected: >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.32 Affected: >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.34 Affected: >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.34

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              "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/773N2ZV7QEMBGKH6FBKI6Q5S3YJMW357/"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-4709",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709"
            },
            {
              "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200701 [SECURITY] [DLA 2269-1] wordpress security update",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00000.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200911 [SECURITY] [DLA 2371-1] wordpress security update",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html"
            }
          ]
        },
        "source": {
          "advisory": "GHSA-8q2w-5m27-wm27",
          "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
    "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
    "cveId": "CVE-2020-4047",
    "datePublished": "2020-06-12T16:00:36.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T07:52:20.835Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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