CVE-2019-8943
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8943
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-10
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.1-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | undetermined | |
| debian | bullseye | undetermined | |
| debian | forky | undetermined | |
| debian | sid | undetermined | |
| debian | trixie | undetermined | |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.