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CVE-2019-9879
The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to register a new user with admin privileges, whenever new user…
Critical9.8EPSS 45.7%
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Description
The WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.7% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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