In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.

published 2019-10-17 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7976

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 36.5%; EPSS 36.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 3

wordpress wordpress 5.2.4

wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.4+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17671

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17671 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.3

wordpress: unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

2019-10-14 First public exploit (EDB-47690)
2019-10-17 Published

Exploit prediction

36.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-47690 WordPress Core < 5.2.3 - Viewing Unauthenticated/Password/Private Posts webapps, 2019-10-14
Nuclei template WordPress <= 5.2.4 - Unauthenticated View Private/Draft Posts nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

github.com /WordPress/WordPress/commit/f82ed753cf00329a5e41f2cb6dc521085136f308
patch, third-party-advisory
blog.wpscan.org /wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
patch, third-party-advisory
core.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/46474
patch, vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2020/dsa-4599
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2020/dsa-4677
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
wordpress.org /news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
release-notes, vendor-advisory
wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/9909
third-party-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00000.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-17671
NVD CVE-2019-17671

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Summary