CVE-2020-28038

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

2.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 85.1% 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

2020-10-31 00:59Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:33Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-10-31

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

d890df7a53d3b20357c3a5070c0f6a70ef2799204a2d2780bdef2eb482bdb14c

• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• blog.ripstech.comhttps://blog.ripstech.comx_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2429-1] wordpress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00004.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4784https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4784vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-15e15c35dahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAVVYJKA2I6CRQUINECDPBGWMQDEG244/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-a764b11b52https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXVUAKL2HL4QYJEPHBNVQQWRMFMII2Y/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-b386fac43ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHVNK2WYAM3ZTCXTFSEIT56IKLVJHU3/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA