CVE-2019-9787
WordPress, en versiones anteriores a la 5.1.1, no filtra correctamente el contenido, lo que conduce a la ejecución remota de código por parte de usuarios no autenticados en una configuración por defecto. Esto ocurre debido a que la protección CSRF se gestiona de manera incorrecta y porque la optimización del motor de búsqueda de los elementos A se realiza incorrectamente, lo que desemboca en Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). El XSS resulta en un acceso administrativo, lo que permite cambios arbitrarios en archivos .php. Esto está relacionado con wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php y wp-includes/comment.php.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 99
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub
⚠️ Las pruebas de concepto de GitHub no están verificadas: algunas son falsas o contienen malware. No las ejecute nunca fuera de un laboratorio aislado.
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-352
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107411
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-1-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9230
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107411
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/0292de60ec78c5a44956765189403654fe4d080b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00044.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-1-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9230
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
JSON original (NVD)
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