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CVE-2019-9879 (GCVE-0-2019-9879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-10 17:28 – Updated: 2024-08-04 22:01
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2019-05-08 00:00
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