VDB
CVE-2019-16220
CVE-2019-16220
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 2.55% · 83.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
6.099999904632568
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
2.55%
83.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wordpress | 6.7.2+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | *, 0, 4.8.2+dfsg-2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 5.2.2+dfsg1-1, 5.2.4+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, *, * |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wordpress | 6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 6.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 5.7.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 5.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Sep 11, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16220 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16220 third-party-advisory