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CVE-2019-20043: debian debian_linux Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-20043DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20043
Published 27-12-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-20043 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Duplicates 1
DSA-4599-1CVE-2019-16788

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.48% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.48%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.31 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.31 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.29 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.28 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.28 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.25 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.3, ≤ 4.3.21 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.4, ≤ 4.4.20 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.5, ≤ 4.5.19 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.6, ≤ 4.6.16 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.15 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.11 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.12 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 5.0, ≤ 5.0.7 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 5.1, ≤ 5.1.3 (fixed in 3.7.32) | ≥ 5.2, ≤ 5.2.4 (fixed in 3.7.32) | 5.3 (fixed in 3.7.32)
  • wordpress≥ 3.7, < 5.3.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 5 products

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