CVE-2020-11029 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-11029: Cross-site scripting in stats method (object cache) in WordPress

Vendor Wordpress
Product WordPress
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 30, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 30, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated