Reflected XSS in WordPress v5.5.1 and Lower

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Exploitation Level: Medium: requires some level of social engineering

DREAD Score: 6.8

Vulnerability: Reflected XSS

Patched Version: 5.5.2

WordPress released version 5.5.2 yesterday, which fixed a reflected XSS vulnerability we reported earlier this year. The root cause of this issue is a bug in the way WordPress determines a user’s current page, and which may cause a few other problems as well.

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This vulnerability is exploitable on every WordPress site and user account. For the exploit to be successful, the attacker must trick an unsuspecting user into clicking on a malicious…

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