Detections
Analytics
CVE-2019-16781
medium
Description
In WordPress before 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS.
References
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9976
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
https://hackerone.com/reports/731301
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-pg4x-64rh-3c9v