VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8943
WordPress through 5.0.3 allows Path Traversal in wp_crop_image().
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 92.6%
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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
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.