PT-2019-5213 · WordPress · Wordpress

Irsdl + 1 · CVE-2019-16223 · Published 2019-09-11 · Updated 2022-10-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 an error in the content management system of WordPress, allowing for a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack when authorized users view post previews. This could enable a remote attacker to compromise data integrity.

Recommendations For 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 post previews for authenticated users until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01942

CVE-2019-16223

DLA-1960-1

DSA-4599-1

DSA-4677-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 77

• 🔥 https://github.com/sijiahi/Wordpress_cve-2019-9787_defense · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160745/WordPress-Core-5.2.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/49338 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03938 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4599-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01945 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16223 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03934 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11028 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17675 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03939 · Security Note