CVE-2020-11029
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (79)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- BIT-wordpress-2020-11029Cross-site scripting in stats method (object cache) in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-11029Cross-site scripting in stats method (object cache) in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202004-2473cnnvd
- EUVD-2020-3414enisa_euvd
- BDU:2020-03939fstec_bdu
- BIT-wordpress-2020-11029osv
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-11029osv
- GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2cosv
sources
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references (17)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2ccnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00011.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11029cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Core-seven-vulnerabilities-32160cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/Patchcnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updatescnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1606/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1654/cnnvd
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