CVE-2019-9787

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-9787
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-14 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-31 22:29:00 UTC
DescriptionWordPress before 5.1.1 does not properly filter comment content, leading to Remote Code Execution by unauthenticated users in a default configuration. This occurs because CSRF protection is mishandled, and because Search Engine Optimization of A elements is performed incorrectly, leading to XSS. The XSS results in administrative access, which allows arbitrary changes to .php files. This is related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-includes/comment.php.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-352

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress 3.9-5.1 - Comment Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) MISC wpvulndb.com
Comments: Improve comment content filtering. · WordPress/WordPress@0292de6 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
WordPress 5.1 CSRF to Remote Code Execution MISC blog.ripstech.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4677-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org
Version 5.1.1 | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
WordPress CVE-2019-9787 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
News – WordPress 5.1.1 Security and Maintenance Release – WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1742-1] wordpress security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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