CVE-2019-20204 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows XSS, as demonstrated by a certain payload with jaVasCript:/* at the beginning and a crafted SVG element.

Published: 2020-01-01

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-10758	The Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows XSS, as demonstrated by a certain payload with jaVasCript:/* at the beginning and a crafted SVG element.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03376.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155973/WordPress-Postie-1.9.40-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md
https://postieplugin.com/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002

History

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Subscriptions

Postieplugin Postie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-01T21:59:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:39:08.771Z

Reserved: 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20204

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-02T14:16:36.160

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:30:11.930

Link: CVE-2019-20204

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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