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CVE-2019-17672

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17672 describes a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 5.2.4, allowing attackers to inject JavaScript into STYLE elements. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.wpscan.org / wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
Third 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/9910
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory