First published: Thu Oct 17 2019(Updated: )
WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/wordpress | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 6.3.1+dfsg1-1 | |
WordPress WordPress | <5.2.4 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 |
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CVE-2019-17675 is a vulnerability in WordPress before 5.2.4 that does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.
The severity of CVE-2019-17675 is high with a severity value of 8.8.
CVE-2019-17675 affects WordPress versions before 5.2.4.
To fix CVE-2019-17675, update WordPress to version 5.2.4 or higher.
You can find more information about CVE-2019-17675 on the following references: - [WordPress Security Release Breakdown](https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html) - [WordPress Core Trac Changeset](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477) - [WordPress GitHub Commit](https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0)