CVE-2020-4046

NameCVE-2020-4046
DescriptionIn affected versions of WordPress, users with low privileges (like contributors and authors) can use the embed block in a certain way to inject unfiltered HTML in the block editor. When affected posts are viewed by a higher privileged user, this could lead to script execution in the editor/wp-admin. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs962685

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie6.4.3+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
wordpresssourcejessie(not affected)
wordpresssourcestretch(not affected)
wordpresssourcebuster(not affected)
wordpresssource(unstable)5.4.2+dfsg1-1962685

Notes

[buster] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/47947
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-rpwf-hrh2-39jf

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