CVE-2019-8943

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8943

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.1-1
debian debianbookwormundetermined
debian debianbullseyeundetermined
debian debianforkyundetermined
debian debiansidundetermined
debian debiantrixieundetermined

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.