Base Score

MEDIUM5.4

CVE-2018-20153

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could modify new comments made by users with greater privileges, possibly causing XSS.

VectorNETWORK

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateDec 14, 2018, 20:29

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-79

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.4

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base Severity

MEDIUM

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

REQUIRED

Scope (S)

CHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

LOW

Integrity (I)

LOW

Availability (A)

NONE

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/

Base Score

MEDIUM5.4

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-79

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.4

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base Severity

MEDIUM

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

REQUIRED

Scope (S)

CHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

LOW

Integrity (I)

LOW

Availability (A)

NONE