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CVE-2019-20042

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In wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, the function wp_targeted_link_rel() can be used in a particular way to result in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.

Date published : 2019-12-27

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-xvg2-m2f4-83m7

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