CVE-2019-17670
Publication date 17 October 2019
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because Windows paths are mishandled during certain validation of relative URLs.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
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| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46472
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9db44754b9e4044690a6c32fd74b9d5fe26b07b2
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17670