VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16223
WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in post previews by authenticated users.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 5.18%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in post previews by authenticated users.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.18% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160745/WordPress-Core-5.2.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9862Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160745/WordPress-Core-5.2.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9862Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.