CVE-2019-16222

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    CVE-2019-16222

    Published: 11 Sept 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8, https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45997, https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/30ac67579559fe42251b5a9f887211bf61a8ed68, https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9867

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -95929621e87a8f6e3fa22f7168ecdf4b5ae9417e

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2019-16222 | CVE-DB