medium6.8
CVE-2020-4047
In affected versions of WordPress, authenticated users with upload permissions (like authors) are able to inject JavaScript into some media file attachment pag…
Impact
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).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | from 3.7 before 3.7.34 from 3.8 before 3.8.34 from 3.9 before 3.9.32 from 4.0 before 4.0.31 from 4.1 before 4.1.31 from 4.2 before 4.2.28 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 32, 33 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/0977c0d6b241479ecedfe19e96be69f727c3f81f
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-8q2w-5m27-wm27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/773N2ZV7QEMBGKH6FBKI6Q5S3YJMW357/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODNHXVJS25YVWYQHOCICXTLIN5UYJFDN/
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/wordpress-5-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/0977c0d6b241479ecedfe19e96be69f727c3f81f
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-8q2w-5m27-wm27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/773N2ZV7QEMBGKH6FBKI6Q5S3YJMW357/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODNHXVJS25YVWYQHOCICXTLIN5UYJFDN/
- https://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/wordpress-5-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709