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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2019-16781

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2019-16781 CWE-707 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities