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Wordpress: CVE-2019-16217: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Wordpress: CVE-2019-16217: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/11/2019
Created
11/16/2019
Added
10/25/2019
Modified
05/08/2020

Description

WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in media uploads because wp_ajax_upload_attachment is mishandled.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-5_2_3

References

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