CVE-2019-16220
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16220
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16220.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-16220
- Downstream
- Published
- 2019-09-11T14:15:11.947Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-02T23:52:16.872782Z
- Severity
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- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In WordPress before 5.2.3, validation and sanitization of a URL in wpvalidateredirect in wp-includes/pluggable.php could lead to an open redirect if a provided URL path does not start with a forward slash.
- References
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- https://medium.com/@theodorejackson.us/rediscovering-an-old-vulnerability-cve-2019-16220-d25cc441752f
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45971
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c86ee39ff4c1a79b93c967eb88522f5c09614a28
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9863
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677