CVE-2019-16218

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in stored comments.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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/9861Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
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/9861Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 11, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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