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WordPress <= 5.2.3 - JSON Request Cache Poisoning

Description

The fix sends the "Vary: Origin" response header for GET requests from unauthenticated users.

Affects WordPress

3.8.1
Fixed in version 3.8.31
3.8
Fixed in version 3.8.31
3.7.1
Fixed in version 3.7.31
3.9
Fixed in version 3.9.29
3.9.1
Fixed in version 3.9.29
3.7
Fixed in version 3.7.31
3.8.2
Fixed in version 3.8.31
3.8.3
Fixed in version 3.8.31
3.9.2
Fixed in version 3.9.29
4.0
Fixed in version 4.0.28

References

CVE
CVE-2019-17673
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b224c251adfa16a5f84074a3c0886270c9df38de
URL
https://blog.wpscan.com/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html

Classification

Type

UNKNOWN

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

David Newman

Verified

No

WPVDB ID
7804d8ed-457a-407e-83a7-345d3bbe07b2

Timeline

Publicly Published

2019-10-14 (about 3 years ago)

Added

2019-10-15 (about 3 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-09-22 (about 2 years ago)

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