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CVE-2019-17669
WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because URL validation does not consider the interpretation…
Critical9.8EPSS 5.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120ea (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1980-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4599 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-4677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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