CVE-2019-9879

WPGraphQL <= 0.2.3 - Administrative User Creation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.

El plugin The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 para WordPress, permite a los atacantes remotos registrar un nuevo usuario con privilegios de administrador, donde siempre que nuevos registros de usuarios sean permitidos. Esto esta relacionado con la mutación registerUser.

The WPGraphQL versions up to 0.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.

WordPress WPGraphQL plugin version 0.2.3 suffers from authentication bypass and information disclosure vulnerabilities.

*Credits: Simone Quatrini

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-03-19 CVE Reserved
2019-05-08 CVE Published
2019-05-21 First Exploit
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/153025	2019-05-21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46886	2019-05-21
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html	2024-08-04
https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py	2024-08-04
https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282	2024-01-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wpengine Search vendor "Wpengine"		Wpgraphql Search vendor "Wpengine" for product "Wpgraphql"				0.2.3 Search vendor "Wpengine" for product "Wpgraphql" and version "0.2.3"		wordpress		Affected