CVE-2019-9879

WPGraphQL <= 0.2.3 - Administrative User Creation

criticalImproper Privilege Management

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

0.3.0

Patched in

1721d

Time to patch

Description

The WPGraphQL versions up to 0.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user registrations are allowed. This is related to the registerUser mutation.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=0.2.3

PublishedMay 8, 2019

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-graphql

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80e74852-517e-4cd0-a7d3-6f6fe3433bff?source=api-prod

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