CVE-2019-8943 is a path traversal vulnerability in WordPress versions up to 5.0.3, allowing authenticated attackers with image cropping privileges to write arbitrary files to any directory. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a high impact on integrity, as it enables unauthorized file creation on the server. Despite its age, the vulnerability has a very high EPSS score, indicating a significant likelihood of exploitation, and readily available exploit code in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, though community discussion and media coverage remain low.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.