CVSS 3.1
5.4 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NCVE-2020-11030
Medium (5.4). EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In affected versions of WordPress, a special payload can be crafted that can lead to scripts getting executed within the search block of the block editor. This requires an authenticated user with the ability to add content. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-79, CWE-707
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- wordpress:wordpress
References
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-vccm-6gmc-qhjh
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-vccm-6gmc-qhjh
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates