CVE-2019-16222
published 2019-09-11CVE-2019-16222: 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)…
PriorityP427medium6.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
2.20%
80.5th percentile
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.
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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Debian
CVE-2019-16222: wordpress - WordPress before 5.2.3 has an issue with URL sanitization in wp_kses_bad_protoco...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-16222: wordpress - WordPress before 5.2.3 has an issue with URL sanitization in wp_kses_bad_protoco...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 5.2.3+dfsg1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 5.2.3+dfsg1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 5.2.3+dfsg1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 5.2.3+dfsg1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 5.2.3+dfsg1-1)
GHSA
GHSA-j28g-8c73-vhw9: WordPress before 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-j28g-8c73-vhw9: WordPress before 5
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.
OSV
CVE-2019-16222: WordPress before 5
osv·2019-09-11·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-16222: WordPress before 5
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
HackerOne
Version problem in wordpress leads to the many vulnearability
hackerone·2020-01-10·CVSS 6.1
[MEDIUM] Version problem in wordpress leads to the many vulnearability
Version problem in wordpress leads to the many vulnearability
##Title: WordPress 3.9-5.1 - Comment Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Reference: https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9230
Reference: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b
Reference: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
Reference: https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/
Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9787
## Title: WordPress <= 5.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in URL Sanitisation
Reference: https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867
Reference: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
Reference: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30a
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-6]
bugzilla·2019-11-25·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-6]
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-6.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-7]
bugzilla·2019-11-25·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-7]
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-7.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS
bugzilla·2019-11-25·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2019-16222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS
CVE-2019-16222 wordpress: URL sanitization that can lead to XSS
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.
Reference:
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867
Upstream commit:
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68
Discussion:
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1776448]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1776449]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
2019-09-11
Published