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CVE-2019-16219

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16219 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 5.2.3, specifically within shortcode previews. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via a network-based attack requiring user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its CVSS score of 6.1, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

fortiguard.com / zeroday/FG-VD-18-165
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release
Release NotesVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9864
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory