CVE-2019-17669

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2019-17669 · Published 17/10/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wordpress wordpress	`< 5.2.4`	`5.2.4`

Description

WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because URL validation does not consider the interpretation of a name as a series of hex characters.

References

blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html · Third Party Advisory
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475 · Vendor Advisory
WordPress/WordPress commit 608d39f · Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html · Mailing List
seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 · Mailing List
wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release · Release Notes
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 · Third Party Advisory

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