Description
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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46475
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/608d39faed63ea212b6c6cdf9fe2bef92e2120ea
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9912
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0838
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-918
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
wordpress/wordpress
< 5.2.4
Published
Oct 17, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026