CVE-2019-20041
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 27, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 27, 2019
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b1975463dd995da19bb40d3fa0786498717e3c53
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4599vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200114 [SECURITY] [DLA 2067-1] wordpress security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4677vendor-advisory
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