CVE-2019-17670 is a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 5.2.4, specifically due to improper handling of Windows paths during relative URL validation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, its critical severity warrants immediate patching for affected Debian and WordPress installations.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.