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CVE-2019-8943

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 92.64% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-02-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 92.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2019-8943
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
92.64%
WordPress

Original NVD 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.

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