CVE-2019-17675

WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.

• CWE-352
• CWE-843

• https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0Patch, 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/9913Release Notes, Third 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/46477Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0Patch, 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/9913Release Notes, Third 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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