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    CVE-2021-39202

    WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions the widgets editor introduced in WordPress 5.8 beta 1 has improper handling of HTML input in the Custom HTML feature. This leads to stored XSS in the custom HTML widget. This has been patched in WordPress 5.8. It was only present during the testing/beta phase of WordPress 5.8.

    Published:Sep 9, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 9, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00931
    CVSS Score:7.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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