CVE-2019-9879

critical

Description

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.

References

https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282

https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0

https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.46614

Detections

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