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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-9880

An issue was discovered in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress. By querying the 'users' RootQuery, it is possible, for an unauthenticated attacker, to retrieve all WordPress users details such as email address, role, and username.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-9880

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jun 2019, 18:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress. By querying the 'users' RootQuery, it is possible, for an unauthenticated attacker, to retrieve all WordPress users details such as email address, role, and username.

osv:CVE-2019-9880
Complete source record
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        "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282",
        "https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py",
        "https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/"
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