PT-2019-5221 · WordPress · Wordpress

Evan Ricafort · Published 2019-09-11 · Updated 2023-02-04 · CVE-2019-17675

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 5.2.4

Description The issue is related to a type confusion error during referer validation on admin pages, which could lead to a CSRF attack. This might allow a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.4, update to version 5.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to admin pages to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Type Confusion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

CWE-843

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01950

CVE-2019-17675

DLA-1980-1

DSA-4599-1

DSA-4677-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 21

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01950 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4599-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17675 · Security Note
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1980-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4677-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17675 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17675 · Vendor Advisory