CVE-2018-20150

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, crafted URLs could trigger XSS for certain use cases involving plugins.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9Product, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fb3c6ea0618fcb9a51d4f2c1940e9efcd4a2d460Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9173Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401Third Party Advisory
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9Product, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fb3c6ea0618fcb9a51d4f2c1940e9efcd4a2d460Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9173Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401Third Party Advisory
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 14, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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