CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-9879
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-06-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.
Affected configurations
• wpengine wpgraphql 0.2.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory