What is CVE-2019-17675?

CVE-2019-17675 is a high-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-17675?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17675 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in WordPress

CVE-2019-17675

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

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-10-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9913 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-re… (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46477 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b183fd1cca0b44a92f0264823dd9f22d2fd8b8d0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17675?: CVE-2019-17675 is a high-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-17675?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17675 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.