CVE-2019-17675 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

What is CVE-2019-17675?

CVE-2019-17675 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-843, CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17675?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17675?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-17675 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17675 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17675, GHSA-493w-chrv-wxpj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17675.