CVE-2019-8943

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2019 at 03:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 92%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 5.0.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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