GHSA-rwhm-6hw4-9fgg
GitHub Security Advisory
⚠ Unreviewed
HIGH
Has CVE
Advisory Details
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.
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Key Information
7.5
/10
Dataset
Last updated: July 1, 2025 6:26 AM
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