CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2019-8943
WordPress through 5.0.3 allows Path Traversal in wp_crop_image(). An attacker (who has privileges to crop an image) can write the output image to an arbitrary directory via a filename containing two image extensions and ../ sequences, such as a filename ending with the .jpg?/../../file.jpg substring.
Severity
- EPSS
- 92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wordpress:wordpress
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/