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CVE-2019-17671

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17671 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 5.2.4, specifically impacting Debian distributions. It allows unauthenticated users to view certain private or draft content due to improper handling of the static query property. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low impact on confidentiality with no integrity or availability impact, and can be exploited remotely without user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Nuclei template and an ExploitDB entry. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
36.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2019-17671 · Dec 4, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-47690 · Oct 14, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3605 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blog.wpscan.org / wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
core.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/46474
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release
Release NotesVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9909
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory