CVE-2019-17669

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-918

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 17, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

Related CVEs from 2019

CVE-2019-17676.7A vulnerability in the implementation of a specific CLI command for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with a CVE-2019-176709.8WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation CVE-2019-176715.3In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.CVE-2019-176726.1WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to a stored XSS attack to inject JavaScript into STYLE elements.CVE-2019-176737.5WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.CVE-2019-176745.4WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to stored XSS (cross-site scripting) via the Customizer.CVE-2019-176758.8WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CS CVE-2019-176768.8app/system/admin/admin/index.class.php in MetInfo 7.0.0beta allows a CSRF attack to add a user account via a doSaveSetup action to admin/ind CVE-2019-17686.7A vulnerability in the implementation of a specific CLI command for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with a CVE-2019-17696.7A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute ar CVE-2019-17706.7A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute ar CVE-2019-17717.8A vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Microsoft Windows and the Cisco Webex Player for Microsoft Windows could all