CVE-2019-16218

WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in stored comments.

• CWE-79

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9861Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9861Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 11, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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