In WordPress before 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In WordPress before 5.3.1, authenticated users with lower privileges (like contributors) can inject     JavaScript code in the block editor, which is executed within the dashboard. It can lead to an admin     opening the affected post in the editor leading to XSS. (CVE-2019-16781)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create files on the server, disclose private information, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
250698	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-16781	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
136373	Debian DSA-4677-1 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
132736	Debian DSA-4599-1 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical

Detections

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CVE-2019-16781

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

critical

critical