CVE•Published 2019-10-17•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2019-17671
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
5.3
MEDIUM
EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Description
In WordPress before 5.2.4, unauthenticated viewing of certain content is possible because the static query property is mishandled.
Timeline
Published 2019-10-17
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag18,729 hosts
vuln:CVE-2019-17671Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/wordpress/"Matches any site loading the "wordpress" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Wordpress Wordpress"All exposed Wordpress Wordpress instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Wordpress"HTTP body or banner mentions "Wordpress" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2019-17671Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2019-17671Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2019-17671Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2019-17671GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2019-17671" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.