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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress 5.1.x Prototype Pollution (5.1 - 5.1.12)

Description

WordPress is prone to a prototype pollution vulnerability. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to inject key/value �properties� into JavaScript objects, potentially allowing for execution of arbitrary JavaScript in a user�s session if they can trick that user into clicking a link. WordPress versions 5.1.x ranging from 5.1 and up to (and including) 5.1.12 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 5.1.13 or latest

References

https://github.com/BlackFan/client-side-prototype-pollution/blob/master/pp/jquery-query-object.md

https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-1-13/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-20083 CWE-1321 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update

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