Improper Input Validation Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.2.4+dfsg1-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.42% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-473831
- published 17 Oct 2019
- disclosed 17 Oct 2019
Introduced: 17 Oct 2019
CVE-2019-17673 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 5.2.4+dfsg1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress
package and not the wordpress
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17673
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b224c251adfa16a5f84074a3c0886270c9df38de
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46478
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9911
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