VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17669
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.24% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-918
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.