CVE-2020-11029Cross-site scripting in stats method (object cache) in WordPress
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In affected versions of WordPress, a vulnerability in the stats() method of class-wp-object-cache.php can be exploited to execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
Timeline
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By GitHub_M
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
- affected >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1
- affected >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3
- affected >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6
- affected >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5
- affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9
- affected >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.14
- affected >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13
- affected >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.17
- affected >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.18
- affected >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.21
- affected >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.22
- affected >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.23
- affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.27
- affected >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.30
- affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.30
- affected >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.31
- affected >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.33
- affected >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.33
References
References4
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-568w-8m88-8g2c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200511 [SECURITY] [DLA 2208-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-3414 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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