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It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. ### References https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/ https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/wordpress)"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.6, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-79", "description": "CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2021-10-14T22:06:07", "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-wh69-25hr-h94v"}, {"name": "DSA-4985", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4985"}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-wh69-25hr-h94v", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "Authenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) in WordPress editor", "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com", "ID": "CVE-2021-39201", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "Authenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) in WordPress editor"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "wordpress-develop", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": ">= 5.0, < 5.8.0"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "WordPress"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. ### Impact The issue allows an authenticated but low-privileged user (like contributor/author) to execute XSS in the editor. 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