CVE-2019-9787

NameCVE-2019-9787
DescriptionWordPress before 5.1.1 does not properly filter comment content, leading to Remote Code Execution by unauthenticated users in a default configuration. This occurs because CSRF protection is mishandled, and because Search Engine Optimization of A elements is performed incorrectly, leading to XSS. The XSS results in administrative access, which allows arbitrary changes to .php files. This is related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-includes/comment.php.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1742-1
Debian Bugs924546

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie6.6.1+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcejessie4.1.26+dfsg-1+deb8u1DLA-1742-1
wordpresssourcestretch4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u6
wordpresssourcebuster5.0.4+dfsg1-1
wordpresssource(unstable)5.1.1+dfsg1-1924546

Notes

https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/
Fixed by: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b

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