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Vulnerability details: VCID-c4f2-gf3z-rugf
Vulnerability ID VCID-c4f2-gf3z-rugf
Aliases CVE-2019-20042
Summary In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.02727 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.04189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.04189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
epss 0.06998 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-20042
https://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunk
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16217
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16218
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16219
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16220
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16221
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16222
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16223
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16780
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16781
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17669
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17671
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17672
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17673
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17674
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17675
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20041
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20042
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20043
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1d
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7
https://hackerone.com/reports/509930
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
946905 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946905
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-20042 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8538
EPSS Score 0.02727
Published At Aug. 4, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:06:36.993907+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20042 37.0.0