CVE-2019-16219 (GCVE-0-2019-16219)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-11 13:07 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:10
VLAI
Summary
WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in shortcode previews.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
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