CVE

CVE-2019-8943

6.5

CVSS

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.

Attack Vector

Privileges Req.

User Interaction

Updated Sep 28, 2026View on NVD →

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mediumProduct Based Web Vulnerabilities~10 seconds

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CVE-2019-8943 scanner - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in WordPress

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