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critical 9.1

CVE-2019-9880 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress.

published 2019-06-10 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-19236

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
34.8%
EPSS 34.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

An issue was discovered in the WPGraphQL 0.2.3 plugin for WordPress. By querying the 'users' RootQuery, it is possible, for an unauthenticated attacker, to retrieve all WordPress users details such as email address, role, and username.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-46886)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

34.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46886 WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 0.2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2019-05-21
  • Nuclei template WPEngine WPGraphQL 0.2.3 - Unauthenticated User Information Disclosure nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153025/WordPress-WPGraphQL-0.2.3-Authentication-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • pentestpartners.com https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-wordpress-graphql/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/pentestpartners/snippets/blob/master/wp-graphql0.2.3_exploit.py referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.