CVE-2019-9879

high-risk
Published 2019-06-10

The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.

Do I need to act?

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76.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 23% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
46886
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wpengine

References (10)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentica...
Exploit https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit....
Release Notes https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0
Vendor Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282
Exploit https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentica...
Exploit https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit....
Release Notes https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0
Vendor Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282
Exploit https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal