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CVE-2019-17675

WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, po

WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00923
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress< 5.2.4
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Oct 2019 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release NotesVendor Advisory
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