CVE-2019-17671
In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 36.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress <= 5.2.4 - Unauthenticated View Private/Draft Posts (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-17671.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Core < 5.2.3 - Viewing Unauthenticated/Password/Private Posts (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47690webapps, multiplepublished 14 Oct 2019Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9909 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46474 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1980-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200108 [SECURITY] [DSA 4599-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4599 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-4677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-7976 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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