VDB
CVE-2019-16222
CVE-2019-16222
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 2.20% · 81.1th 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
2.20%
81.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.3.1+dfsg-1, 4.4+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wordpress | 6.7.2+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | *, 4.9.2+dfsg-1, 4.9.5+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wordpress | 6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 6.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wordpress | 5.8.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1, 0, 5.7.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, *, 5.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Jan 10, 2020 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16222 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68 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-2019-16222 third-party-advisory