VDB
CVE-2019-20041
CVE-2019-20041
PUBLISHED
wp_kses_bad_protocol in wp-includes/kses.php in WordPress before 5.3.1 mishandles the HTML5 colon named entity, allowing attackers to bypass input sanitization, as demonstrated by the javascript: substring.
EPSS 1.37% · 80.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.37%
80.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.8.2+dfsg-2, 4.8.3+dfsg-1, 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ (circl)
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b1975463dd995da19bb40d3fa0786498717e3c53 (circl)
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security update (circl)
- DSA-4599 (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200114 [SECURITY] [DLA 2067-1] wordpress security update (circl)
- DSA-4677 (circl)
Timeline
- Dec 27, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 15, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20041 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b1975463dd995da19bb40d3fa0786498717e3c53 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20041 third-party-advisory