onyx --cves cve-2019-16222
CVE-2019-16222
- score
- <0.1
- cvss
- 6.1
- epss
- 2.2%
- published
- 2019-09-11
- kev added
- —
- first seen
WordPress before 5.2.3 contains a cross-site scripting caused by insufficient URL sanitization in wp_kses_bad_protocol_once in wp-includes/kses.php, letting attackers execute malicious scripts, exploit requires victim to visit malicious page.
Timeline
How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.
- Published
- Tracked by Onyx
- Public PoC
Exploit availability
Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.
Weaknesses
References 8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867