CVE-2019-17669
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 17, 2019 at 12:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWordPress
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v < 5.2.4
Affected range stops below 5.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-918
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