CVE-2019-16222

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-09-11

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68
• 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/9867
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677