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Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-8942

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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.911
EPSS Ranking 99.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2019-8942


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