PT-2019-5212

CVE-2019-16222

Published

2019-09-11

Updated

2023-01-31

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.1

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 5.2.3

Description The issue is related to incorrect URL sanitization in the wp kses bad protocol once function, which can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This could allow a remote attacker to compromise data integrity.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 5.2.3, update to version 5.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to potentially vulnerable URL endpoints until the update is applied.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Irsdl

Soroush Dalili

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')

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