CVE-2019-8943

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    CVE-2019-8943

    Published: 20 Feb 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089, 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, https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High