CVE-2019-16223

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-09-11 13:07Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-09-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

18d04ddd7eb482793518475509a110979b41f140d10146e61c1b54ad991067ae

• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9862x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191017 [SECURITY] [DLA 1960-1] wordpress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• seclists.org20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.debian.orgDSA-4599https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.debian.orgDSA-4677https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160745/WordPress-Core-5.2.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC