Medium (6.1). EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
WordPress before 5.2.3 has an issue with URL sanitization in wp_kses_bad_protocol_once in wp-includes/kses.php that can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.1 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)