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CVE-2019-8943

WordPress through 5.0.3 allows Path Traversal in wp_crop_image().

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 92.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 92.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
92.64% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
wordpress/wordpress
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.