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CVE-2019-9881

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.8% 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 createComment mutation in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress allows unauthenticated users to post comments on any article, even when 'allow comment' is disabled.

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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