CVE-2019-17673

WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46478	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b224c251adfa16a5f84074a3c0886270c9df38de	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9911	Third Party Advisory
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 : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-17673

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17673

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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