CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-9879
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-306
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wpengine:wpgraphql
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/