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CVE-2019-17670
CRITICAL
WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation of relative URLs.
Published: Oct 17, 2019
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-918
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (4)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | * < 5.2.4 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-9vwr-ww7h-qvv8
WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows...
References (16)
- 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/46472 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party 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://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html Third Party Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
4.51%
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.6 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub