CVE-2019-11223
An Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in the SupportCandy plugin through 2.0.0 for WordPress...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11223- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11223- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2924 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-2924- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5wpj-6g82-jc7r
An Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in the SupportCandy plugin through 2.0.0 for WordPress...
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.
- Record
GHSA-5wpj-6g82-jc7r- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11223 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Supportcandy, published April 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.76%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordpress.org/plugins/supportcandy
pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/05/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-supportcandy
cert.kalasag.com.ph/news/research/vulnerable-wordpress-plugin-lets-you-take-over-websites
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9488
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11223
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wpj-6g82-jc7r