Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-16220

Title: Wordpress Improper Input Validation

Improper Input Validation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-16220.

CWE Category CWE-601

Published Date Sep 11, 2019

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.82%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-16220: In WordPress before 5.2.3, validation and sanitization of a URL in wp_validate_redirect in wp-includes/pluggable.php could lead to an open redirect if a provided URL path does not start with a forward slash.

Impacted Vendors

wordpress 1

Reference Links

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28 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://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9863 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html https://medium.com/@theodorejackson.us/rediscovering-an-old-vulnerability-cve-2019-16220-d25cc441752f https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9863 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-16220 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 11, 2019 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.