CVE-2020-28650
published 2020-11-16CVE-2020-28650: The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for…
PriorityP279medium5.4CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN
ITWVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.69%
48.2th percentile
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpbakery | page_builder | < 6.4.1 | 6.4.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
vulncheck6.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-3w63-x258-gcc6: The WPBakery plugin before 6
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-28650 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-3w63-x258-gcc6: The WPBakery plugin before 6
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
VulnCheck
wpbakery page_builder Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
vulncheck·2020·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2020-28650 [MEDIUM] wpbakery page_builder Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
wpbakery page_builder Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The WPBakery plugin before 6.4.1 for WordPress allows XSS because it calls kses_remove_filters to disable the standard WordPress XSS protection mechanism for the Author and Contributor roles.
Affected: wpbakery page_builder
Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Exploitation References: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/js_composer/wpbakery-page-builder-for-wordpress-64-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting
Red Hat
gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory (incomplete CVE-2020-36241 fix)
vendor_redhat·2021-03-01·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-28650 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory (incomplete CVE-2020-36241 fix)
gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory (incomplete CVE-2020-36241 fix)
autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.
Package: gnome-autoar (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2020-11-16
Published
Exploited in the wild