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.
CVE-2019-8943
“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicted 92% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.
Also known asEUVD-2019-18330 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- 294 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 92%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB, other public proof-of-concept code)
No fix has been recorded since the CVE record was published in 2019 — if the vendor still supports the product, apply the fixed version it names; if not, isolate the affected system (restrict network access to it, for example with a firewall, or keep it off the internet) or retire the product.
The CVE record's description, written by its CNA (MITRE Corporation), states the affected versions: "WordPress through 5.0.3 allows Path Traversal in wp_crop_image()." No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.
294 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2019-8943, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.
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
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 66EG Risk 66/100
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)Severity65% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 6.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation92% × 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: No fix has been recorded since the CVE record was published in 2019. If the vendor still supports the product, apply the fixed version it names within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; if it no longer does, isolate the affected system (restrict network access to it, for example with a firewall, or keep it off the internet) on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, or retire the product. - EPSS PROB
- 92%
- 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 6.5 MEDIUM): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.
- EG Severity
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 92% 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.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.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.
No fix has been recorded since the CVE record was published in 2019. If the vendor still supports the product, apply the fixed version it names within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; if it no longer does, isolate the affected system (restrict network access to it, for example with a firewall, or keep it off the internet) on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, or retire the product.
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.
No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.
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 (7)
Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026WordPress Crop-image Shell Upload | Metasploit Module
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rcePacket Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161213/WordPress-5.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlPacket Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152396/WordPress-5.0.0-crop-image-Shell-Upload.htmlWordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit) - PHP remote Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46662/WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code Execution - PHP webapps Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46511/Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 5.7.1+dfsg1-2 ... 7.0.2+dfsg1-1 (41 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 ... 7.1+dfsg1-1 (28 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 ... 7.1+dfsg1-1 (11 versions) |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 ... 7.1+dfsg1-1 (8 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 49× 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 93 of 102 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. 7 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 9 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-02 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-02 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-11-01 04:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-31 04:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-30 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-29 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-28 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-27 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-26 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-25 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-25 04:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 04:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-24 05:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-23 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-22 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-22 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-21 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-20 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-19 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-18 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-17 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-16 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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- 2026-10-15 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
- 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-14 05:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-558v-vpgj-m324 · GitHub CVSS 6.5
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 2 GitHub PoCs), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. No fix has been recorded since the CVE record was published in 2019. If the vendor still supports the product, apply the fixed version it names; if it no longer does, isolate the affected system or retire the product.
- Exploit-DBEDB-46662✓ verifiedPublished Apr 5, 2019
WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/multi/http/wp_crop_rce✓ verifiedPublished Apr 4, 2019
WordPress Crop-image Shell Upload
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2019/CVE-2019-8943.yamlPublished Oct 22, 2024
WordPress Core 5.0.0 - Crop-image Shell Upload
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoChadrian3689/wordpress_cropimagePublished Sep 20, 2022
CVE-2019-8943 WordPress Crop-Image
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCoussama-rahali/CVE-2019-8943Published Feb 1, 2021
Exploit of CVE-2019-8942 and CVE-2019-8943
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-46511Published Mar 1, 2019
WordPress Core 5.0 - Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗
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