CVE-2019-20209

Exp

The CTHthemes CityBook before 2.3.4, TownHub before 1.0.6, and EasyBook before 1.2.2 themes for WordPress allow nsecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) via wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to delete any page/post/listing.

Published: 2020-01-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-20209 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-20209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-20209

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-28 0.90% 0.99% +0.09%
2 2025-03-30 17.71% 0.90% -16.81%
3 2025-03-29 17.71%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-20209

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-20209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-20209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cththemes citybook < 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:cththemes:citybook:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cththemes easybook < 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:cththemes:easybook:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cththemes townhub < 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cththemes:townhub:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2019-20209

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