CVE-2019-17669

WordPress before 5.2.4 has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because URL validation does not consider the interpretation of a name as a series of hex characters.

• CWE-918

• https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 17, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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