CVE-2019-17675

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

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599	Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-10-17 06:15

Updated : 2023-02-03 13:54

NVD link : CVE-2019-17675

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17675

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CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

wordpress

wordpress

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