CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects WordPress, Java. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2019-20041
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.65%
WordPress Java
Original NVD Description
wp_kses_bad_protocol in wp-includes/kses.php in WordPress before 5.3.1 mishandles the HTML5 colon named entity, allowing attackers to bypass input sanitization, as demonstrated by the javascript: substring.
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