Security advisory

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  "id": "feb699532ed2aa7bce49578b1932e302a351b5c7a3fac5d847f9cc967ee0219c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8943",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-8943",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-8943",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-8943",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-8943"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dd6d013992bb06ebeccda588f1ce6bbb576499be"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.0.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.0.3",
            "4.9.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8943.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "978939d1a56dfeb5a8f9e60f4258a17e8da2f6fb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.0.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.0.3",
            "4.9.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8943.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.914657801Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-image-remote-code-execution/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-8943",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438543,
  "published_at": "2019-02-20T03:29:00.297+00:00"
}