CVE-2019-9880
By querying the 'users' RootQuery, it is possible, for an unauthenticated attacker, to retrieve all WordPress users details such as email address, role, and username.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress. By querying the 'users' RootQuery, it is possible, for an unauthenticated attacker, to retrieve all WordPress users details such as email address, role, and username.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 34.84% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 May 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- wpengine/wpgraphql
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 17.8% on 21 September 2026 to 34.8% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.