Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-20153 (CCN-154336)

Assigned:2018-12-13
Published:2018-12-13
Updated:2019-03-04
Summary:In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could modify new comments made by users with greater privileges, possibly causing XSS.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
5.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:3.5 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-20153

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
106220

Source: MISC
Type: Product, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve201820153-xss(154336)

Source: MLIST
Type: Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20190211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1673-1] wordpress security update

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress 5.0.1 Security Release

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9172

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4401

Source: MISC
Type: Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 4.9.9)
  • OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 5.0 and < 5.0.1)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018201530000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201820153000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018201530000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201820153000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018201530000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201820153000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018201530000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201820153000
    V
    		CVE-2018-20153 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-12-14
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    wordpress wordpress *
    wordpress wordpress *
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    wordpress wordpress 5.0