Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.2.3+dfsg1-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.6% (79th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-466636
- published 11 Sep 2019
- disclosed 11 Sep 2019
Introduced: 11 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-16222 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 5.2.3+dfsg1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress
package and not the wordpress
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16222
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16222
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