CVE-2019-17675

moderate-risk
Published 2019-10-17

WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.

Do I need to act?

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0.92% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Debian Wordpress

References (18)

Third Party Advisory https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-secu...
Patch https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477
Patch https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2f...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
Release Notes https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-secu...
Patch https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477
Patch https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2f...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
Release Notes https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low