CVE-2020-4046

lowpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.13% (82nd) EPSS
CVSS 3.5 · low
Is it mine?
98 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

In 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).

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–6.5

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7
v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-80USCWE-80US
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affected products (98)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • BIT-wordpress-2020-4046Authenticated XSS through embed block in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    In 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).

  • BIT-wordpress-multisite-2020-4046Authenticated XSS through embed block in WordPress2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    In 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).

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also known as (6)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-06-12modified 2026-06-17
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references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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