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CVE-2019-9879

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 45.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

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.

Affected products

• WPGraphQL: 0.2.3

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html
• https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py
• https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282
• https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html
• https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py
• https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/v0.3.0
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9282
• https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/

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