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CVE-2019-11223An Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in the SupportCandy plugin through 2.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 8.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in the SupportCandy plugin through 2.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/supportcandy/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/05/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-supportcandy/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert.kalasag.com.ph/news/research/vulnerable-wordpress-plugin-lets-you-take-over-websites/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-2924 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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