CVE-2019-17670
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.51% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-918 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-10-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| wordpress | wordpress |
References
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912
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