PT-2019-5212 · WordPress · Wordpress

Irsdl + 1 · Published 2019-09-11 · Updated 2023-01-31 · CVE-2019-16222

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV: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.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01941

CVE-2019-16222

DLA-1960-1

DSA-4599-1

DSA-4677-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 19

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867 · Exploit
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16222 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4599-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01941 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16222 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4677-1 · Vendor Advisory