PT-2019-19912 · WordPress · Wpgraphql

Simone Q · CVE-2019-9879 · Published 2019-06-10 · Updated 2024-01-22

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WPGraphQL version 0.2.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.

Recommendations For WPGraphQL version 0.2.3, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent remote attackers from registering new users with admin privileges.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-306

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-9879

Affected Products

Wpgraphql

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46886 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql · Exploit
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9879 · Security Note
• https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68215 · Telegram Post