WordPress Vulnerabilities

WordPress 3.9-5.1 - Comment Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

According to WordPress:

"This release also includes a pair of security fixes that handle how comments are filtered and then stored in the database. With a maliciously crafted comment, a WordPress post was vulnerable to cross-site scripting."

Affects WordPress

3.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
3.9.1
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
3.9.2
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.1.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
3.9.3
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.1.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.0.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.1.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.1.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
3.9.4
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
3.9.5
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
3.9.6
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
3.9.7
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.0.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.0.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.0.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.0.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.2.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.8
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.3.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.2.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
3.9.10
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.3.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.2.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.11
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.5.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
3.9.12
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.5.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
3.9.13
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
3.9.14
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
3.9.15
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.7.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.6.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
3.9.16
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
3.9.17
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
3.9.18
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.17
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.17
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.7.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
3.9.19
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.18
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.18
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.8.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
3.9.20
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.19
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.19
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.8.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.8.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
3.9.21
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.20
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.20
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.17
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.9.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.8.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.7.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.6.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.5.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.4.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.3.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.2.18
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.21
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.21
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.22
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.9.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.8.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.7.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.6.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.5.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.4.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.3.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.2.19
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.22
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.22
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.23
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.9.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.9.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
3.9.24
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.23
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.23
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.20
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.14
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.8.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.9.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.9.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
3.9.25
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
4.0.24
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
4.1.24
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.2.21
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.3.17
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.4.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.5.15
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.6.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.7.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.8.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.9.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.9.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
5.0
Fixed in WordPress 5.0.4
5.0.1
Fixed in WordPress 5.0.4
4.9.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.10
4.8.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.9
4.7.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.13
4.6.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.14
4.5.16
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.17
4.4.17
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.18
4.3.18
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.19
4.2.22
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.23
4.1.25
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.26
4.0.25
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.26
3.9.26
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.27
5.0.2
Fixed in WordPress 5.0.4
5.0.3
Fixed in WordPress 5.0.4
5.1
Fixed in WordPress 5.1.1

References

CVE
CVE-2019-9787
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
8.8 (high)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Simon Scannell of RIPS Technologies
Submitter
Ryan Dewhurst
Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
d150f43f-6030-4191-98b8-20ae05585936

Timeline

Publicly Published
2019-03-13 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2019-03-13 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-09-22 (about 3 years ago)

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