CVE-2019-8943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.93904.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.93534}`	epss `{'score': 0.93928}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-02-20T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:31:37.567Z

Reserved: 2019-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-8943

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-20T03:29:00.297

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:50:42.513

Link: CVE-2019-8943

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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