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CVE-2019-16221

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16221 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 5.2.3, impacting Debian and WordPress installations. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited with low attack complexity and no privileges, requiring user interaction to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.

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
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 87th 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

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/9865
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory