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Vulnerability details: VCID-z8ek-exhy-qyb7
Vulnerability ID VCID-z8ek-exhy-qyb7
Aliases CVE-2019-16217
Summary WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in media uploads because wp_ajax_upload_attachment is mishandled.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
epss 0.01889 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16217
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45936
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16217
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16218
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16219
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16220
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16221
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16222
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16223
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16780
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16781
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17669
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17671
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17672
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17673
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17674
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17675
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20041
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20042
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20043
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
939543 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939543
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-16217 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82417
EPSS Score 0.01889
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:05:49.898405+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16217 37.0.0