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CVE-2019-17674

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17674 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 5.2.4, specifically impacting the Customizer feature. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) can be exploited with low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, affected Debian and WordPress installations should be updated.

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

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

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/9908
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4677
Third Party Advisory