CVE-2019-20204

5.4 mediumEPSS 3.4%

Medium (5.4) in postieplugin postie. EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows XSS, as demonstrated by a certain payload with jaVasCript:/* at the beginning and a crafted SVG element.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2020-01-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

postieplugin:postie

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155973/WordPress-Postie-1.9.40-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md
https://postieplugin.com/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002

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