CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-8942
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote code execution because an _wp_attached_file Post Meta entry can be changed to an arbitrary string, such as one ending with a .jpg?file.php substring. An attacker with author privileges can execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted image containing PHP code in the Exif metadata. Exploitation can leverage CVE-2019-8943.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (< 4.9.9)
• wordpress wordpress 5.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107088 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9222 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107088 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9222 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry