CVE-2019-8942

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-434

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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