CVE-2019-16217: WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in media uploads because wp_ajax_upload_attachment is mishandled.

PriorityP425medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

1.53%

72.0th percentile

WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in media uploads because wp_ajax_upload_attachment is mishandled.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 5.2.3+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 5.2.3+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	< 5.2.3	5.2.3
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.2.3+dfsg1-1	5.2.3+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.2.3+dfsg1-1	5.2.3+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.2.3+dfsg1-1	5.2.3+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 5.2.3+dfsg1-1	5.2.3+dfsg1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv6.1MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.1MEDIUM

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