Is CVE-2019-19979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-19979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-19979?

CVE-2019-19979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-19979?

CVE-2019-19979 has an EPSS score of 0.63% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19979?

Upgrade wp maintenance to 5.0.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-19979

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A flaw in the WordPress plugin, WP Maintenance before 5.0.6, allowed attackers to enable a vulnerable site's maintenance mode and inject malicious code affecting site visitors. There was CSRF with resultant XSS.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

wp maintenanceNVD

Affected:< 5.0.6Fixed in:5.0.6CVE-2019-19979derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.