CVE-2019-8942

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicted 83% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction (continuous uplift above 30%)
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekWeaponized

Also known asEUVD-2019-18329 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • 300 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running an affected version — derived from Shodan data (© Shodan); a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB, other public proof-of-concept code)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 83%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · other public PoCExposed services: 300

A fix is available — apply it.

WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote code execution because an _wp_attached_file Post Meta entry can be changed to an arbitrary string, such as one ending with a .jpg?file.php substring. An attacker with author privileges can execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted image containing PHP code in the Exif metadata. Exploitation can leverage CVE-2019-8943.

Internet exposure · derived from Shodan data

300 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2019-8942, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.

across 34 countries (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Singapore)top: wordpress
See the KEV-Exposure radar →Derived from Shodan data. Shodan data is owned by Shodan, which holds its copyright (© Shodan). EchelonGraph claims no ownership of it or copyright in it. Aggregate, host-redacted.

How it counts: every 12 hours, when Shodan query credits allow, the radar runs one Shodan query per tracked product, reads up to 100 ip:port services per query, and keeps a service when its banner version matches a CISA-KEV or high-EPSS CVE; a service is dropped when neither a search nor a Shodan InternetDB port re-check has refreshed it for 21 days. A re-check that finds the port still listed by Shodan InternetDB refreshes the service without re-reading the banner, so a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open. A count is a banner-version inference over a sample, not an exploit test and not an internet-wide census, and the unit is a service, not a machine: a machine answering on two ports counts twice.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
73
EG Risk 73/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation83% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
83%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is EPSS's lift toward 9.0 from its impact severity (EG Severity, CVSS 8.8 HIGH): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.

EG Severity
8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
83% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

February 20, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 16, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit) - PHP remote Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/
Web page

WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code Execution - PHP webapps Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 4401-1] wordpress security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 1742-1] wordpress security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html
Web page

WordPress Crop-image Shell Upload | Metasploit Module

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce

Affected Packages

(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress—
  • every version up to 5.0.1+dfsg1-1: fixed in 5.0.1+dfsg1-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress—
  • every version up to 5.0.1+dfsg1-1: fixed in 5.0.1+dfsg1-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress—
  • every version up to 5.0.1+dfsg1-1: fixed in 5.0.1+dfsg1-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress—
  • every version up to 5.0.1+dfsg1-1: fixed in 5.0.1+dfsg1-1
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Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress4.1+dfsg-1 ... 4.1.25+dfsg-1+deb8u1 (21 versions)
  • every version up to 4.1.26+dfsg-1+deb8u1: fixed in 4.1.26+dfsg-1+deb8u1
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Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wordpress4.7.5+dfsg-2 ... 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5: fixed in 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 56× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 94 of 117 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 6 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 23 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 18:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 18:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-10-31 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-31 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-10-30 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-30 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  8. 2026-10-29 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-29 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-10-28 22:47 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-28 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-10-27 23:58 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-27 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  15. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  16. 2026-10-27 01:05 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-27 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-10-25 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  19. 2026-10-25 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-10-24 23:36 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-24 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  23. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-10-24 00:47 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-24 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  1. 2026-10-23 01:57 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-23 01:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-10-22 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-10-22 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-22 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  6. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-10-21 04:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-21 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-10-20 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-20 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  11. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-10-19 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-19 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  14. 2026-10-18 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-18 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  16. 2026-10-17 08:51 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-17 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-10-16 09:59 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-16 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  20. 2026-10-15 09:41 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-15 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  22. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-14 05:53 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-14 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  25. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  26. 2026-10-13 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  27. 2026-10-12 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-12 00:14 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-09 20:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  30. 2026-10-06 15:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  31. 2026-10-04 23:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  32. 2026-09-30 10:29 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-28 12:38 UTCOSV refresh
  34. 2026-09-24 13:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  35. 2026-09-22 14:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  36. 2026-09-21 20:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 93% · 99th percentile
  37. 2026-09-18 19:23 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  38. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  39. 2026-09-16 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  40. 2026-09-12 14:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-09-08 16:34 UTCOSV refresh
  42. 2026-09-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  43. 2026-09-05 15:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 93% · 99th percentile
  44. 2026-09-01 03:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  45. 2026-08-26 14:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  46. 2026-08-22 02:11 UTCOSV refresh
  47. 2026-08-19 17:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  48. 2026-08-13 21:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  49. 2026-08-12 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-08-06 06:24 UTCOSV refresh
  51. 2026-08-05 19:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  52. 2026-07-26 14:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  53. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  54. 2026-07-23 14:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  55. 2026-07-23 01:47 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.20
  56. 2026-07-22 22:30 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.20
  57. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  58. 2026-07-20 22:02 UTCOSV refresh
  59. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  60. 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  61. 2026-07-13 22:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  62. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  63. 2026-07-09 19:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  64. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  65. 2026-07-03 17:26 UTCOSV refresh
  66. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  67. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  68. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  69. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile

Publicly available exploits

(5 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-46662✓ verified
    Published Apr 5, 2019

    WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce✓ verified
    Published Apr 4, 2019

    WordPress Crop-image Shell Upload

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCsynacktiv/CVE-2019-8942
    Published May 2, 2019

    WordPress crop-image exploitation

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-46511
    Published Mar 1, 2019

    WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCbrianwrf/WordPress_4.9.8_RCE_POC
    Published Feb 25, 2019

    A simple PoC for WordPress RCE (author priviledge), refer to CVE-2019-8942 and CVE-2019-8943.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-8942?
CVE-2019-8942 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on February 20, 2019. WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote code execution because an _wp_attached_file Post Meta entry can be changed to an arbitrary string, such as one ending with a .jpg?file.php substring. An attacker with author privileges can execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted image…
When was CVE-2019-8942 made public?
CVE-2019-8942 was made public on February 19, 2019: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on February 20, 2019. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2019-8942 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-8942 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it, and Exploit-DB marks a public exploit for it as verified. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-8942?
CVE-2019-8942 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-8942?
A fix for CVE-2019-8942 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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