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Vulnerability · Published Oct 31, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28038

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the wordpress package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows stored XSS via post slugs.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wordpress5.5.3+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28038
Debian:13wordpress5.5.3+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28038
Debian:14wordpress5.5.3+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28038
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28038
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28038
Ubuntu:25.10wordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28038
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28038
Ubuntu:26.10wordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28038

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References