Wordpress » Wordpress : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs, Published In 2019 (Code Execution) CVSS score >= 5
WordPress before 5.1.1 does not properly filter comment content, leading to Remote Code Execution by unauthenticated users in a default configuration. This occurs because CSRF protection is mishandled, and because Search Engine Optimization of A elements is performed incorrectly, leading to XSS. The XSS results in administrative access, which allows arbitrary changes to .php files. This is related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-includes/comment.php.
Max CVSS
8.8
EPSS Score
83.67%
Published
2019-03-14
Updated
2019-03-31
CVE-2019-8942
Public exploit
WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote code execution because an _wp_attached_file Post Meta entry can be changed to an arbitrary string, such as one ending with a .jpg?file.php substring. An attacker with author privileges can execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted image containing PHP code in the Exif metadata. Exploitation can leverage CVE-2019-8943.
Max CVSS
8.8
EPSS Score
95.71%
Published
2019-02-20
Updated
2021-07-21
2 vulnerabilities found