CVE•Published 2019-08-09•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2019-14793
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
EPSS percentile
76
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 24% of all CVEs
Description
The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.
Timeline
Published 2019-08-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2019-14793Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/meta-box/"Matches any site loading the "meta-box" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Metabox Meta Box"All exposed Metabox Meta Box instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Meta Box"HTTP body or banner mentions "Meta Box" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2019-14793Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2019-14793Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2019-14793Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2019-14793GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2019-14793" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.