CVE-2019-20043
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example, the contributor role does not have such rights, but this allowed them to bypass that. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-20043
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-12-27T08:15:09
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-01-20T16:11:08
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.3.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5.3
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 1.4
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1d1d5be7aa94608c04516cac4238e8c22b93c1d9 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46893/trunk | Patch |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9973 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 | |
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-g7rg-hchx-c2gw | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20043 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20043 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:54:01 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 08:40:45 | 2019-12-27T08:15Z | 2019-12-27T08:15:09 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 08:40:45 | 2020-01-10T21:15:11 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 08:40:45 | Undergoing Analysis | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-01-20 17:08:53 | 2023-01-20T16:11:08 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-01-20 17:08:53 | Undergoing Analysis | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |