CVE-2019-16222: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• WordPress WordPress: before 5.2.3 (fixed in 5.2.3)

Published 2019-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.