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CVE-2019-17671
Score elevated to 5.7 because EPSS predicts 37% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (98th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 5.3 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.7MEDIUMhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 46EG Risk 46/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity57% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 37%
- EPSS %ILE
- 98th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 17, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttps://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- cve@mitrehttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46474
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- cve@mitrehttps://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- cve@mitrehttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9909
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46474
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 5.0.4+dfsg1-1 |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
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| wordpress | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| wordpress | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| wordpress | — |
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Debian:14(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | — |
| — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 4.1+dfsg-1 ... 4.1.27+dfsg-0+deb8u1 (23 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Open source ↗GitHub PoCrhbb/CVE-2019-17671First seen Apr 3, 2020
- Exploit-DBEDB-47690First seen Oct 14, 2019
WordPress Core < 5.2.3 - Viewing Unauthenticated/Password/Private Posts
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2019/CVE-2019-17671.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2019
WordPress <= 5.2.4 - Unauthenticated View Private/Draft Posts
Open source ↗
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