CVE-2019-17669

WordPress Core < 5.2.4 - Server Side Request Forgery

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because URL validation does not consider the interpretation of a name as a series of hex characters.

WordPress versiones anteriores a 5.2.4, presenta una vulnerabilidad de tipo Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) porque la comprobación de URL no considera la interpretación de un nombre como una serie de caracteres hexadecimales.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, create files on the server, disclose private information, create open redirects, poison cache, and bypass authorization access and input sanitation.

*Credits: Eugene Kolodenker

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-10-14 CVE Published
2019-10-17 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-06-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8	Mailing List
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120ea	2023-02-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475	2023-02-03
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release	2023-02-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599	2023-02-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677	2023-02-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				< 5.2.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " < 5.2.4"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected