CVE-2019-8943

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit)2019-04-05 · remote · php · Verified
• WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code Execution2019-03-01 · webapps · php

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089
• https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107089
• https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/