CVE-2019-20042

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-12-27 07:14Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 02:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7ea7d8a6b8d065480c5f60e102d58a4c70614d4c874986ebbcc551e2e4c0dda9

• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9975x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• core.trac.wordpress.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46894/trunkx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1f7f3f1f59567e2504f0fbebd51ccf004b3ccb1dx_refsource_MISC
• blog.ripstech.comhttps://blog.ripstech.com/filter/vulnerabilities/x_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.debian.orgDSA-4599https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/509930x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4677https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN