CVE-2019-17669

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.8

Exploit probability93. percentile5.2%

Product

Wordpress

PublishedOct 17, 2019

First seenOct 17, 2019

Weakness typeCWE-918Server-side request forgery (SSRF)

How to fix

Update

wordpress wordpress5.2.4 or later

Patches

github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120ea

Vendor advisories

core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475
wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
wordpress wordpress	v < 5.2.4	5.2.4
debian debian_linux	8.0, 9.0, 10.0	—

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