Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-17670 (CCN-169496)

Assigned:2019-10-15
Published:2019-10-15
Updated:2022-11-07
Summary:WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation of relative URLs.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-918
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-17670

Source: CCN
Type: WPScan Blog, Oct 15, 2019
WordPress 5.2.4 Security Release Breakdown

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve201917670-ssrf(169496)

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20191105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1980-1] wordpress security update

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20200911 [SECURITY] [DLA 2371-1] wordpress security update

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20221010 [SECURITY] [DLA 3141-1] wordpress security update

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 5.2.4)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2019176700000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-17670 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2019-10-17
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2019176700000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-17670 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-10-17
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019176700000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-17670 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-10-17
    BACK
    wordpress wordpress *
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    debian debian linux 10.0
    wordpress wordpress 5.2.3