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CVE-2019-16525

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in the checklist plugin before 1.1.9 for WordPress. The fill parameter is not correctly filtered in the checklist-icon.php file, and it is possible to inject JavaScript code.

Affected products

• Checklist: before 1.1.9 — fixed in 1.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Checklist 1.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154436/WordPress-Checklist-1.1.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2155029/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/checklist/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9877
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154436/WordPress-Checklist-1.1.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2155029/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/checklist/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9877

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