CVE-2019-8942

mediumpriority · attend · 74EPSS 0.827 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

8 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

82.7% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimary

exploits (8)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rceWordPress Crop-image Shell Uploadweaponized · metasploit
EDB-46662WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-46511WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
SpeatX/WordPress-RCE-CVE-2019-8942Python exploit toolkit for WordPress Crop Image RCE — CVE-2019-8942 & CVE-2019-8943PoC · poc_in_github
brianwrf/WordPress_4.9.8_RCE_POCA simple PoC for WordPress RCE (author priviledge), refer to CVE-2019-8942 and CVE-2019-8943.PoC · poc_in_github
synacktiv/CVE-2019-8942WordPress crop-image exploitationPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress< 4.9.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-02-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (38)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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