What is CVE-2019-15873?

CVE-2019-15873 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-15873?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15873 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Metagauss Profilegrid

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 action=pm_template_preview&html=<?php substring followed by PHP code.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.039 (89.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Metagauss Profilegrid
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15873?: CVE-2019-15873 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-15873?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15873 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.