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CVE-2019-17671

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 36.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• WordPress: before 5.2.4 — fixed in 5.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WordPress 5.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46474
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
• https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9909
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
• https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46474
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308

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