VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17670
WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation of relative URLs.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.51%). 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 Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation of relative URLs.
- 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
- 4.51% probability · 91th 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/46472Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.htmlMailing 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://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.htmlMailing 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.