CVE-2019-16220
In WordPress before 5.2.3, validation and sanitization of a URL in wp_validate_redirect in wp-includes/pluggable.php could lead to an open redirect if a provided URL path does not start with a forward slash.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2019-09-11
- Last modified
- 2024-08-21
- Weaknesses
- CWE-601
Affected products
References
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9863
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://medium.com/@theodorejackson.us/rediscovering-an-old-vulnerability-cve-2019-16220-d25cc441752f
