WPGraphQL <= 0.2.3 - Administrative User Creation

Improper Privilege Management

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2019-9879
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	May 8, 2019
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Simone Quatrini

Description

The WPGraphQL versions up to 0.2.3 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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-graphql (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 0.2.3
Patched Version	0.3.0

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