CVE-2020-28038

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

WordPress before 5.5.2 allows stored XSS via post slugs.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28038

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.5.3-1
debian debianbookwormfixed5.5.3+dfsg1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.5.3+dfsg1-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.5.3+dfsg1-1
debian debiansidfixed5.5.3+dfsg1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.5.3+dfsg1-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.