What is CVE-2019-9669?

CVE-2019-9669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordfence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-9669?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-9669 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wordfence

CVE-2019-9669

The Wordfence plugin 7.2.3 for WordPress allows XSS via a unique attack vector. NOTE: It has been asserted that this is not a valid vulnerability in the context of the Wordfence WordPress plugin as the firewall rules are not maintained as part of the Wordfence software but rather it is a set of rules hosted on vendor servers and pushed to the plugin with no versioning associated. Bypassing a WAF rule doesn't make a WordPress site vulnerable (speaking in terms of software vulnerabilities)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wordfence — versions 7.2.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

RJSOG/cve-scrapper

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9669?: CVE-2019-9669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordfence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-9669?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9669 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.