CVE-2019-17675 — WordPress before 5
WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.
Published
2019-10-17T12:03:29.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T01:47:13.488Z
01What is this vulnerability?
WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-10-17T12:03:29.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:47:13.488Z
09References
- wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913
- blog.wpscan.org — https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-secu…
- wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- core.trac.wordpress.org — https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477
- github.com — https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2f…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
- seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
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