CVE-2019-16780

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

1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.4% 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

2019-12-26 16:50Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-09-24

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

280f396d895e45fd317f265871835cb2d5cbe10d47227d22372f951557666663

• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9976x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-x3wp-h3qx-9w94x_refsource_CONFIRM
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/505dd6a20b6fc3d06130018c1caeff764248c29ex_refsource_MISC
• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/738644x_refsource_MISC
• 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