CVE-2020-8498

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CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Jan 30, 2020 (Jan 30, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

XSS exists in the shortcode functionality of the GistPress plugin before 3.0.2 for WordPress via the includes/class-gistpress.php id parameter. This allows an attacker with the WordPress Contributor role to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of other users (e.g., ones who have the publish_posts capability).

Vendors: gistpress project
Products: gistpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-79
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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