CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-8942
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-434
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- wordpress:wordpress
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107088
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html