CVE-2019-16220

medium

Description

In WordPress before 5.2.3, validation and sanitization of a URL in wp_validate_redirect in wp-includes/pluggable.php could lead to an open redirect if a provided URL path does not start with a forward slash.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9863

https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-11

Updated: 2024-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N