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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-27T07:14:37

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.548Z

Reserved: 2019-12-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-20042

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-12-27T08:15:09.747

Modified: 2023-01-19T03:13:05.523

Link: CVE-2019-20042

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