CVE-2019-17675

Description

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

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.16% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913 third party advisory release notes
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html third party advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/ release notes vendor advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477 patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17675?
CVE-2019-17675 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17675?
To fix CVE-2019-17675, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17675 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17675 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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