Vulnerability CVE-2019-9879
Published: 2019-06-10

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.

Type:

CWE-306

 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wpgraphql -> Wpgraphql 

 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/
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