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CVE-2020-7239

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The conversation-watson plugin before 0.8.21 for WordPress has a DOM-based XSS vulnerability that is executed when a chat message containing JavaScript is sent.

Affected products

• IBM Chatbot With Ibm Watson: before 0.8.21 — fixed in 0.8.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Chatbot With Ibm Watson 0.8.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/conversation-watson/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10035
• https://www.hooperlabs.xyz/disclosures/cve-2020-7239.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/conversation-watson/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10035
• https://www.hooperlabs.xyz/disclosures/cve-2020-7239.php

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