CVE detail

CVE-2019-16222 — CVE-2019-16222

Published 2019-09-11 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor wordpress · Product wordpress · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

6.1

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0220

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

81.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

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.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.