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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120ea	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html	Third Party Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475	Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-10-17 13:15

Updated : 2019-11-05 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-17669

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17669

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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