CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-16222
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
WordPress before 5.2.3 has an issue with URL sanitization in wp_kses_bad_protocol_once in wp-includes/kses.php that can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (< 5.2.3)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory