CVE-2019-20041

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 68%
VendorProductVersion
wordpresswordpress
𝑥
< 5.3.1
debiandebian_linux
8.0
debiandebian_linux
9.0
debiandebian_linux
10.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
wordpress
bullseye (security)
5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
fixed
bullseye
5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
fixed
sid
6.6.1+dfsg1-1
fixed
trixie
6.6.1+dfsg1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
wordpress
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b1975463dd995da19bb40d3fa0786498717e3c53
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00010.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b1975463dd995da19bb40d3fa0786498717e3c53
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00010.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677