# CVE-2019-17673: WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9911
- https://blog.wpscan.org/wordpress/security/release/2019/10/15/wordpress-524-security-release-breakdown.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46478
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/b224c251adfa16a5f84074a3c0886270c9df38de
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677

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