PT-2019-5207 · WordPress · Wordpress

Irsdl + 1 · CVE-2019-16217 · Published 2019-09-11 · Updated 2023-01-31

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 5.2.3

Description The issue is related to the incorrect handling of media during upload in the WordPress content management system, specifically affecting the wp ajax upload attachment function. This can allow a remote attacker to compromise data integrity. The problem is also described as allowing XSS in media uploads due to the mishandling of the wp ajax upload attachment function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.3, update to version 5.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the media upload functionality until the update can be applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01936

CVE-2019-16217

DLA-1960-1

DSA-4599-1

DSA-4677-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 76

• 🔥 https://github.com/sijiahi/Wordpress_cve-2019-9787_defense · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03938 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4599-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01945 · Security Note
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03934 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11028 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17675 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03939 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16781 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16217 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17674 · Security Note