Network Attack Trends: Internet of Threats (November 2020
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CVE-2019-8942
PoC ×6—CVSS 3.0
8.8 high
EPSS
83%p100
Published
()
Modified
Description
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.