High severity · published Sep 3, 2019
CVE-2019-15873
The profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities plugin before 2.8.6 for WordPress has remote code execution via an wp-admin/admin-ajax.php request with the…
8.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities plugin before 2.8.6 for WordPress has remote code execution via an wp-admin/admin-ajax.php request with the action=pm_template_preview&html=<?php substring followed by PHP code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Profilegrid · Metagauss
before 2.8.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15873
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15873
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#developers
Exploit
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9086
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