VDB
CVE-2019-8943
CVE-2019-8943
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 93.73% · 99.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
93.73%
99.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | *, 0, 4.8.2+dfsg-2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wordpress | 6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 0, 6.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.4.2+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 5.2.2+dfsg1-1, 5.2.4+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wordpress | *, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wordpress | 0, 6.7.2+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
- Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943 (github-poc-repo)
…and 70 more exploits
Timeline
- Feb 20, 2019 CVE Published
- Mar 1, 2019 PoC Published
- Mar 1, 2019 PoC Published
- Mar 8, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 4, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 5, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 5, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2021 PoC Published
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8943 third-party-advisory
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8943 third-party-advisory