CVE-2020-4049 is a low-severity self-XSS vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 5.4.2, and various older patched versions. It allows for JavaScript execution in the wp-admin themes page if an administrator uploads a specially crafted theme folder name. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.4 (LOW) due to requiring high privileges (PR:H) and user interaction (UI:R), with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.7, < 3.7.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.8, < 3.8.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.9, < 3.9.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1, < 4.1.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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