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CVE-2019-20204

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Postie plugin 1.9.40 for WordPress allows XSS, as demonstrated by a certain payload with jaVasCript:/* at the beginning and a crafted SVG element.

Affected products

• Postieplugin Postie: through 1.9.40

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155973/WordPress-Postie-1.9.40-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md
• https://postieplugin.com/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155973/WordPress-Postie-1.9.40-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-Postie-WordPress-Plugin-/blob/master/README.md
• https://postieplugin.com/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10002

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