CVE-2019-20041
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2019-20041 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-12-27 08:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-11-23 20:12:00 UTC |
| Description | wp_kses_bad_protocol in wp-includes/kses.php in WordPress before 5.3.1 mishandles the HTML5 colon named entity, allowing attackers to bypass input sanitization, as demonstrated by the javascript: substring. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] [DLA 2067-1] wordpress security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4677-1 wordpress | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| News – WordPress 5.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release – WordPress.org | MISC | wordpress.org | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4599-1 wordpress | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security update | BUGTRAQ | seclists.org | |
| Update `wp_kses_bad_protocol()` to recognize `:` on uri attribu… · WordPress/wordpress-develop@b197546 · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.